The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris
- ISBN-10
- 1416571779
- ISBN-13
- 9781416571773
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 558
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Author
- David McCullough
Description
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.
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