{"product_id":"john-adams-a-life-paperback","title":"John Adams: A Life - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Ferling\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Ferling has nearly forty years of experience as a historian of early America. The author of acclaimed histories such as \u003cem\u003eA Leap into the Dark\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eAlmost a Miracle\u003c\/em\u003e, he has appeared on many TV and film documentaries on this pivotal period of our history. In \u003cem\u003eJohn Adams: A Life\u003c\/em\u003e, Ferling offers a compelling portrait of one of the giants of the Revolutionary era. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on extensive research, Ferling depicts a reluctant revolutionary, a leader who was deeply troubled by the warfare that he helped to make, and a fiercely independent statesman. The book brings to life an exciting time, an age in which Adams played an important political and intellectual role. Indeed, few were more instrumental in making American independence a reality. He performed yeoman's service in the Continental Congress during the revolution and was a key figure in negotiating the treaty that brought peace following the long War of Independence. He held the highest office in the land and as president he courageously chose to pursue a course that he thought best for the nation, though it was fraught with personal political dangers. Adams emerges here a man full of contradictions. He could be petty and jealous, but also meditative, insightful, and provocative. In private and with friends he could be engagingly witty. He was terribly self-centered, but in his relationship with his wife and children his shortcomings were tempered by a deep, abiding love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJohn Ferling's masterful \u003cem\u003eJohn Adams: A Life\u003c\/em\u003e is a singular biography of the man who succeeded George Washington in the presidency and shepherded the fragile new nation through the most dangerous of times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Ferling\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of nine books and numerous articles on the American Revolution and early American wars, and has appeared in four television documentaries devoted to the Revolution and the War of Independence. His book \u003cem\u003eA Leap in the Dark\u003c\/em\u003e won the Fraunces Tavern Book Award as the year's best book on the American Revolution and \u003cem\u003eAlmost a Miracle\u003c\/em\u003e was named the New York American Revolution Round Table Best Book of 2007. He lives in metropolitan Atlanta.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 544\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.35 x 9.2 x 6.56 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 09, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45256755708006,"sku":"9780195398663","price":34.03,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/K3graVVGZjQ0VlV1YmZ6THZ2ZjVvdz09.webp?v=1773744632","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/john-adams-a-life-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}