David McCullough American Presidents E-Book Box Set e-bog

From Americas most beloved biographer, David McCullough (Time)a collection of his bestselling biographies of American Presidents.This ebook box set features David McCullough's award-winning biographies of American Presidents. John Adams is the magisterial, Pulitzer Prizewinning biography of the independent, irascible Yankee patriot, one of our nation's founders and most important figures, who became our second president. Mornings on Horseback is the brilliant National Book Awardwinning biography of young Theodore Roosevelt's metamorphosis from sickly child to a vigorous, intense man poised to become a national hero and then president. Truman is the Pulitzer Prizewinning biography of Harry Truman, the complex and courageous man who rose from modest origins to make momentous decisions as president, from dropping the atomic bomb to going to war in Korea. Including a special bonus: The Course of Human Events. In this Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities, David McCullough draws on his personal experience as a historian to acknowledge the crucial importance of writing in history's enduring impact and influence, and he affirms the significance of history in teaching us about human nature through the ages.