Ver a tamaño completo.
THE GREATER JOURNEY: Americans in Paris.
de McCullough, David
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Fine in fine dust jacket./fine
- ISBN 10
- 1416571760
- ISBN 13
- 9781416571766
- Librería
-
Ione, California, United States
Formas de pago aceptadas
Sobre este artículo
New York:: Simon & Schuster,, (2011). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. A sweeping account of the American artists, writers, doctors, politicians, architects, and others who set off for Paris in the years between 1830 and 1900. Among them were Elizabeth Blackwell, the first female doctor in America, and Charles Sumner, whose experience with black students at the Sorbonne, led to his becoming a powerful voice for abolition in the U.S. Senate. Others included James Fenimore Cooper and his friend Samuel F. B. Morse, the inventor of the telegraph, the writers Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mark Twain, and Henry James as well as Harriet Beecher Stowe, who was able to escape from the notoriety Uncle Toms Cabin had brought her, the sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens, painters Mary Cassatt and John Singer Sargent, and more. Illustrated with both color and black and white photographs and maps. Source notes, bibliography, index. 557 pp. Photographic endpapers.
Sinopsis
As David McCullough writes, âÈêNot all pioneers went west.âÈë In The Greater Journey , he tells the enthralling, inspiringâÈ'and until now, untoldâÈ'story of the adventurous American artists, writers, doctors, politicians, and others who set off for Paris in the years between 1830 and 1900, hungry to learn and to excel in their work. What they achieved would profoundly alter American history. Elizabeth Blackwell, the first female doctor in America, was one of this intrepid band. Another was Charles Sumner, whose encounters with black students at the Sorbonne inspired him to become the most powerful voice for abolition in the U.S. Senate. Friends James Fenimore Cooper and Samuel F. B. Morse worked unrelentingly every day in Paris, Morse not only painting what would be his masterpiece, but also bringing home his momentous idea for the telegraph. Harriet Beecher Stowe traveled to Paris to escape the controversy generated by her book, Uncle TomâÈçs Cabin . Three of the greatest American artists everâÈ'sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens, painters Mary Cassatt and John Singer SargentâÈ'flourished in Paris, inspired by French masters. Almost forgotten today, the heroic American ambassador Elihu Washburne bravely remained at his post through the Franco-Prussian War, the long Siege of Paris, and the nightmare of the Commune. His vivid diary account of the starvation and suffering endured by the people of Paris is published here for the first time. Telling their stories with power and intimacy, McCullough brings us into the lives of remarkable men and women who, in Saint-GaudensâÈç phrase, longed âÈêto soar into the blue.âÈë
Reseñas
El Oct 24 2022, un lector dijo:
Several years ago I found The Greater Journey and attempted to read it. I let my self get so hungup on the pronunciation of the French words and I ruined my experience. Several years later I purchased my own copy and wanted to give it another chance. Oh, my, Goodreads! I didn't feel the laborious tangle of French. I felt the experience of these travelers journeys and the pure excitement they shared. I chose this particular McCullough treasure because it is a great book written by a great author who is no longer with us. I will always miss the excitement and anticipation of the next DM book, knowing it would rock my world.
(¡Iniciar sesión or Crear una cuenta primero!)
Detalles
- Librería
- Bookfever.com, IOBA
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 84325
- Título
- THE GREATER JOURNEY: Americans in Paris.
- Autor
- McCullough, David
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Hardcover first edition -
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Fine in fine dust jacket.
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- fine
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- ISBN 10
- 1416571760
- ISBN 13
- 9781416571766
- Editorial
- Simon & Schuster,
- Lugar de publicación
- New York:
- Fecha de publicación
- (2011)
- Palabras clave
- 19th century, Charles Sumner, James Fenimore Cooper, Samuel F. B. Morse
- Catálogos del vendedor
- History: USA;
Términos de venta
Bookfever.com, IOBA
Free media mail shipping in US included; priority is $7.50 and international at cost. Books are packed carefully, shipped promptly with delivery confirmation and insurance at our expense. It is important for our customers to be totally satisfied with their purchase and guarantee all of our books to be as described. Want lists welcomed.
Sobre el vendedor
Bookfever.com, IOBA
Miembro de Biblio desde 2003
Ione, California
Sobre Bookfever.com, IOBA
Celebrating our 30th year in business. We started selling books in the CompuServe Book Collecting forum in 1993, a few years before there was any commercial Internet. In 1998 we relocated our main business from Sacramento to the Sierra foothills of Amador County.
Glosario
Algunos términos que podrían usarse en esta descripción incluyen:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
