His subjects range from the Johnstown Flood in Pennsylvania to the biographies of presidents to the Wright Brothers. “David McCullough is a friend and mentor. I’m not sure anyone would be willing to do that today.” Read more. There are few today who would be willing to do what he did in today’s supercharged partisan environment. He was a patriot who understood that a democratic society cannot undermine the basic democratic rights of even the most despised in our society. Progressives should keep their eyes on the prize, but we should never be afraid to constantly engage with those whom we perceive to be rivals…Adams was also incredibly courageous when he defended the British soldiers after the Boston Massacre.
Yet together they helped make the Declaration of Independence a reality. If you look back on the relationship between John Adams and Jefferson, it was not always smooth. Politics today is so polarised – but this division is not unique to our time. Students of history know he had a hand in so many of the founding documents we remember today. I don’t believe John Adams comes immediately to mind as one of the great presidents, but he was. “I love biographies and this one in particular strikes me.
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