9.5K views · 503 reactions | David McCullough intended to write a dual biography of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, and their relationship before, during, and after the creation of the United States. However, in Adams, he discovered a man deserving of his own biography that firmly places him at the center of America's creation. Thus, the Pulitzer Prizes-winning and HBO series "John Adams" came to be. | History in Five | Facebook

John Adams sometimes got lost in the shuffle of Founding Fathers until David McCullough's Pulitzer Prize-winning classic restored and, in some cases, reintroduced him to the masses. Did you know that Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died on July 4, 1826? Get "John Adams," http://amzn.to/1S6oYcS | History in Five