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.
Paris (France)--Intellectual life--19th century. Paris (France)--Biography. Paris (France)--Relations--United States. United States--Relations--France--Paris.