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Americans in paris, on which he spent four of the happiest years of my life, he says. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the greater journey. There is no doubt that i always learn something new each time i listen to another title from david mccullough. In a departure from mccullough s most recent works, founding fathers like benjamin franklin and thomas jefferson, who spent time in paris, are not covered. Americans in paris might seem to be foreign territory for david mccullough, whose. These americans, most of whom were young aspiring artists and. Mccullough again finds a slighted subject in the greater journey, which chronicles the adventures of americans in paris.
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