[PDF] The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris | by ↠ David McCullough
The Greater Journey is the enthralling, inspiring and until now, untold story of the adventurous American artists, writers, doctors, politicians, architects, and others of high aspiration who set off for Paris in the years between 1830 and 1900, ambitious to excel in their work.After risking the hazardous journey across the Atlantic, these Americans embarked on a greatThe Greater Journey is the enthralling, inspiring and until now, untold story of the adventurous American artists, writers, doctors, politicians, architects, and others of high aspiration who set off for Paris in the years between 1830 and 1900, ambitious to excel in their work.After risking the hazardous journey across the Atlantic, these Americans embarked on a greater journey in the City of Light Most had never left home, never experienced a different culture None had any guarantee of success That they achieved so much for themselves and their country profoundly altered American history As David McCullough writes, Not all pioneers went west Elizabeth Blackwell, the first female doctor in America, was one of this intrepid band Another was Charles Sumner, who enrolled at the Sorbonne because of a burning desire to know about everything There he saw black students with the same ambition he had, and when he returned home, he would become the most powerful, unyielding voice for abolition in the U.S Senate, almost at the cost of his life Two staunch friends, James Feni Cooper and Samuel F B Morse, worked unrelentingly every day in Paris, Cooper writing and Morse painting what would be his masterpiece From something he saw in France, Morse would also bring home his momentous idea for the telegraph Pianist Louis Moreau Gottschalk from New Orleans launched his spectacular career performing in Paris at age 15 Geo

David McCullough has twice received the Pulitzer Prize, for Truman and John Adams, and twice received the National Book Award, for The Path Between the Seas and Mornings on Horseback His other widely praised books are 1776, Brave Companions, The Great Bridge, and The Johnstown Flood He has been honored with the National Book Foundation Distinguished Contribution to American Letters Award, the National Humanities Medal, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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[PDF] The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris | by ↠ David McCullough
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