McCullough, David G.
The greater journey : Americans in Paris David McCullough. - 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. - New York : Simon & Schuster, 2011. - 558 p., [48 p. of plates] : ill. (mostly col.), maps ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 519-537) and index.
The way over -- Voil ̉Paris! -- Morse at the Louvre -- The medicals -- American sensations -- Change at hand -- A city transformed -- Bound to succeed -- Under siege -- Madness -- Paris again -- The Farragut -- Genius in abundance -- Au revoir, Paris! -- Epilogue.
McCullough mixes famous and obscure names and delivers capsule biographies of everyone to produce a colorful parade of educated, Victorian-era American travelers and their life-changing experiences in Paris. Includes Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
9781416571766
2010053001
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882 --Travel.
Americans--History--France--Paris--19th century.
Intellectuals--History--France--Paris--19th century.
Artists--History--France--Paris--19th century.
Authors, American--History--France--Paris--19th century.
Physicians--History--France--Paris--19th century.
Americans--France--Paris--Biography.
Paris (France)--Intellectual life--19th century.
Paris (France)--Biography.
Paris (France)--Relations--United States.
United States--Relations--France--Paris.
DC718.A44 / M39 2011
920.009213044361
The greater journey : Americans in Paris David McCullough. - 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. - New York : Simon & Schuster, 2011. - 558 p., [48 p. of plates] : ill. (mostly col.), maps ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 519-537) and index.
The way over -- Voil ̉Paris! -- Morse at the Louvre -- The medicals -- American sensations -- Change at hand -- A city transformed -- Bound to succeed -- Under siege -- Madness -- Paris again -- The Farragut -- Genius in abundance -- Au revoir, Paris! -- Epilogue.
McCullough mixes famous and obscure names and delivers capsule biographies of everyone to produce a colorful parade of educated, Victorian-era American travelers and their life-changing experiences in Paris. Includes Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
9781416571766
2010053001
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882 --Travel.
Americans--History--France--Paris--19th century.
Intellectuals--History--France--Paris--19th century.
Artists--History--France--Paris--19th century.
Authors, American--History--France--Paris--19th century.
Physicians--History--France--Paris--19th century.
Americans--France--Paris--Biography.
Paris (France)--Intellectual life--19th century.
Paris (France)--Biography.
Paris (France)--Relations--United States.
United States--Relations--France--Paris.
DC718.A44 / M39 2011
920.009213044361