Jan 22, 2019MichaelArmster rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
There is not much Mr. Mccullough gets wrong and this subject matter is delightfully powerful. The coincidence of powerful historical occurence would overrun a lesser writer. This is a gift to the collective minds.
Mar 28, 2017jensenmk rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Probing research whose results are related in detail-rich anecdotes without much in the way of preconceived prejudice (except that the Paris Commune was a Very Bad Thing!).
While set in Paris, the city is evoked only in relation to…
Sep 27, 2012ALLAN JOHN FLETCHER rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
While I learned a lot about the city of Paris and the Americans who have visited it between the 1830s to the end of the nineteenth century, McCullough’s approach is staid, elitist and old school. Horatio Alger is an unmentioned presence,…
Aug 04, 2011fictionrules rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
What a wonderful trip back in time! This delightful book not only took me on a trip to Paris in the 19th century, but it provided vivid pictures and well explained descriptions of Art History, medical advancement, social structure, and…
"With “The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris,” McCullough explores the intellectual legacy that France settled on its 19th-century visitors. The result is an epic of ideas, as well as an exhilarating book of spells."
Stacy Schiff
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Jun 28, 2011Keogh rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Magnificent book by McCullough, chronicling the better part of the 19th Century, with the tales of Americans spending time in Paris. With a wide range of figures from medicine, art, law, writing, philosophy, politics, and more, McCullough…
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The Greater Journey