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The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris

David McCullough

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Jul 07, 2025 Jason Oliver rated it liked it

Shelves: nonfiction, history, 19th-century, art, american-abroad

The topic of this book is broad yet selective. McCullough covers the influence of Paris on Americans, specifically American students from 1830s-1890s, who traveled to Paris for their education. The book follows them back on their visits and their career as a whole.

My favorite parts of the book are the most detailed, Covering James Fenimore Cooper, Samuel Morse and Elihu Washburne. I enjoyed my Presidential biographies overlapping with stories of Charles Sumner and Napoleon III political maneuve ...more

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Apr 17, 2022 Diane rated it really liked it

I enjoyed this book, all the while wishing I could visit Paris and the people David McCullough wrote about visiting there.
I like David McCullough's writing, but I admit this wasn't my favorite and I'm not sure why. ...more

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Apr 12, 2018 Joanne rated it it was amazing

Shelves: non-fiction-history-read

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