As David McCullough points out in his biography John Adams, the college then consisted of four buildings and seven faculty members. At Harvard, Adams cultivated his appetite for reading and ...

John Adams was born on October 30, 1735, in Braintree, Massachusetts. His father, a farmer and deacon, hoped that Adams would enter the clergy, but his Harvard professors thought his propensity ...

As a result, she is able to provide a powerful portrayal of the nuances of governing that shows John Adams to be a far more formidable and wise figure than has hitherto been apparent in presidential ...

On October 25, 1764, Abigail wed John Adams, commencing a partnership characterized, and perhaps enriched, by separation. Between 1765 and 1772, she bore five children, one of whom, John Quincy ...

If you think opera is a stodgy art form reserved only for retellings of ancient myths and Shakespearean dramas then you're probably unfamiliar with the work of John Adams. He's a Pulitzer-winning ...