i'll check it out. Seems like Adams is presented as very intelligent person yet

Feb 14, 2019
1:58:38pm

buckeyecougarguy All-American

very jealous and petty in the Chernow Bios. Hes not painted as a very likable figure. Hes not one that I walk away wishing i could meet. Does the HBO series paint him in that way? Is he romanticized because it is about him?

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shout out to the musical Hamilton. After seeing 2x Ive been reading Chernow bio

buckeyecougarguy

2/14/19 1:49pm

I liked Chernow's US Grant bio even more than AHamilton's.

d-coug

2/14/19 1:52pm

thats my next move. I imagine the civil war covered pretty well there?

buckeyecougarguy

2/14/19 1:56pm

Yep, Civil War perspective from the western areas, which was less familiar to me

d-coug

2/14/19 3:05pm

I’d also recommend the HBO series John Adams

Seasider

2/14/19 1:54pm

Agreed.

reagan21

2/14/19 1:56pm

i'll check it out. Seems like Adams is presented as very intelligent person yet

buckeyecougarguy

2/14/19 1:58pm

The HBO Series is based on McCullough's Biography (which is very good).

Troy McClure

2/14/19 2:01pm

Score is very good as well.

Troy McClure

2/14/19 2:03pm

It is not romanticized that much. He is seen as unliked by his peers

reagan21

2/14/19 2:02pm

adams is way cooler than that. he was unliked but super principled and

riboflavin

2/14/19 2:07pm

The interaction between his wife and children and letters as well

Troy McClure

2/14/19 2:10pm

That’s what his political foes thought of him. You should read the McCullough biography “John Adams”

YIsForBrigham

2/14/19 2:19pm

They’re long, but absolutely fantastic

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