Pulitzer Prize-winning author David McCullough discusses The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris ($37.50). McCullough presents the enthralling, inspiring—and until now, untold—story of the adventurous American artists, writers, doctors, politicians, architects, and others of high aspiration who set off for Paris in the years between 1830 and 1900, ambitious to excel in their work.
Event Information
October 13, 2011 at 7:00 pm
Dominican University of California,
Angelico Hall, 50 Acacia Avenue, San Rafael, CA 94901
Priority seating with purchase of the book
Phone: (415) 927-0960
This event is sponsored by Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd in Corte Madera, CA 94925
“An epic of ideas, as well as an exhilirating book of spells . . . This is history to be savored.” —Stacy Schiff, The New York Times Book Review
“An ambitious, wide-ranging study of how being in Paris helped spark generations of American genius. . . . A gorgeously rich, sparkling patchwork, eliciting stories from diaries and memoirs to create the human drama McCullough depicts so well. —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“A lively and entertaining panorama. . . . By the time he shows us the triumphant Exposition Universelle in 1889, witnessed through the eyes of such characters as painters John Singer Sargent and Robert Henri, we share McCullough’s enthusiasm for the city and his affection for the many Americans who improved their lives, their talent and their nation by drinking at the fountain that was Paris.” —Michael Sims, The Washington Post
“From a dazzling beginning that captures the thrill of arriving in Paris in 1830 to the dawn of the 20th century, McCullough chronicles the generations that came, saw and were conquered by Paris. . . . The Greater Journey will satisfy McCullough’s legion of loyal fans . . . it will entice a whole new generation of Francophiles, armchair travelers and those Americans lucky enough to go to Paris before they die.” —Bruce Watson, The San Francisco Chronicle
“McCullough’s skill as a storyteller is on full display. . . . The idea of telling the story of the French cultural contribution to America through the eyes of a generation of aspiring artists, writers and doctors is inspired. . . a compelling and largely untold story in American history.” —Kevin J. Hamilton, The Seattle Times
Leave a Reply