As usual, David McCullough has written another masterpiece. I have become a huge John Adams fan after listening to the unabridged audio book. He was one of the most important people of his time, and I gained a valuable insight into his life and times.

John Adams had such an incredible life and was a driving force for the American Revolution. I enjoyed learning about all of his talents.

Very good primary resources. Very enjoyable to listen to.

What a great book. So well written and the narrators did a wonderful job! Very educational as all of David McCullough works are. I set out to learn more about the great Americans life and I was not disappointed!

For no reason, there were many long pauses in the reading of the book. I could hear the narrator breath through his nose while reading the book. The book is a compilation of diary entries and letters by the main characters. The author did not enhance the history with his own research about the culture, politics, activities and lifestyles the of the times.

I just love Davids books! I've read almost all all them now! this one and 1776 being the best. just makes me adore our founding fathers so much! so happy someone took the time to share such valuable information with us.

I thought a great book and I love this narrator. If you love biographies you should enjoy this one. Adams definitely does not get enough respect.

What an outstanding portrait of a leader in the most important of times in America's brief lineage. Not only does this narration dramatically illustrate the trials that our founding fathers bore through in creating this nation, but it also serves as a critical tool in demonstrating how the political traits and fallibilites of our founders were no different than those we see today.As John Adams himself is quoted as saying, in his lifetime human nature had not changed, even though everything else around it did.....nor would it ever.

If you are interested in American History listen to this book. McCullough does an excellent job of bringing this indispensable member of the true "Greatest Generation" to life. I opted for the abridged version, 9 discs as opposed to 30 for the unabridged. It was so informative and entertaining it made me wish I had ordered the unabridged version. If you didn't already know, it will make you realize how far we have fallen in regard to our present political leaders. In that respect in can be a bit depressing.

The author is clearly a big fan of John Adams...and this book seems to be intended to convince others as well. I honestly didn't know anything about John Adams before reading this book and yet very, very little was surprising or all that interesting. I was hoping the book would dimensionalize a significant figure in our nations history --- instead we are given an account of his life through rose colored glasses.