David McCullough · 2001
A biography of the second American president tracing his political career and role in the founding of the nation.
Tom Hanks and Graham Yost value how it reveals powerful historical narratives like John Adams defending British soldiers.
A speaker recommends a book written by someone else.
“When we took on doing David McCullough's John Adams for HBO, Graham Yost, who I'd worked with on two previous miniseries, he called up and said, look, I can't do this, but you might want to take a look at this because I think there's a miniseries in this thing.”
Why: Reveals powerful historical narratives like John Adams defending British soldiers.
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