John Adams

 
From the publishers:
[…] John Adams is a […] biography that reads like an […] historical novel. […] It takes as its subject the extraordinary man who became the second president of the United States. A man whose adventurous life and spirited rivalry with Thomas Jefferson encompasses both the American Revolution and the birth of the young republic. […] McCullough describes the childhood, youth and coming of age of Adams, the fiercely driven Massachusetts farmer-lawyer [and his] marriage to Abigail […]. He also tells the story of his lifelong rival Jefferson, the Virginia planter and slaveowner. Through their lives, McCullough explores the […] factors that transformed thirteen colonies into an united nation […].