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I read 200 pages, then the last chapter and the epilogue. Although any given page was well-written and interesting, I kept waiting for some pay-off of synthesis explaining the point of McCullough's endless lists of loosely connected unimportant events. Do I really need to know about the sordid details of the love life of Augustus Saint-Gaudens? The historian is maybe supposed to be "objective" but the choice of stories and details is a subjective editorial decision and it would have helped to ma
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This is the story of influential Americans who traveled to Paris or moved there between 1830 and 1900 and how their experiences profoundly impacted U.S. political and cultural history. The list of Americans who were changed by their time in Paris reads like a Who's Who of the period--Elizabeth Blackwell, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Charles Sumner, James Fenimore Cooper, Samuel F.B. Morse, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Mary Cassatt, John Singer Sargent and many more. And Buffalo Bill Cody brought his Wild W
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A great book for anyone heading to Paris. Lots of interesting connections and relationships to learn about here. Our history is very much tied to the people, history, and culture of France. Some sections are a little dry reading but overall a good story and I learned a lot - which is what I expected from this excellent author.
Fantastic perspective on American history.
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