The greater journey : Americans in Paris David McCullough.
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TextPublisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2011Edition: 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover edDescription: 558 p., [48 p. of plates] : ill. (mostly col.), maps ; 25 cmISBN: 9781416571766Subject(s): Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882 -- Travel | Americans -- France -- Paris -- History -- 19th century | Intellectuals -- France -- Paris -- History -- 19th century | Artists -- France -- Paris -- History -- 19th century | Authors, American -- France -- Paris -- History -- 19th century | Physicians -- France -- Paris -- History -- 19th century | Americans -- France -- Paris -- Biography | Paris (France) -- Intellectual life -- 19th century | Paris (France) -- Biography | Paris (France) -- Relations -- United States | United States -- Relations -- France -- ParisDDC classification: 920.009213044361 LOC classification: DC718.A44 | M39 2011| Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Book | A J M Library 868-5076 | 920.009 McCU (Browse shelf) | Available | 25195 |
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.
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