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| Author | David McCullough |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | History |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Published | May 24, 2011 Simon & Schuster |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 576 pages |
| ISBN | 1-4165-7176-0 (hardcover) |
| Preceded by | 1776 |
| Followed by | The Wright Brothers |
The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris is a 2011 non-fiction book by the Pulitzer Prize-winning authorDavid McCullough. In a departure from McCullough's most recent works, Founding Fathers like Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson, who spent time in Paris, are not covered.[1] Instead, the book is about 19th-century Americans likeJames Fenimore Cooper andSamuel Morse, who migrated to Paris and went on to achieve importance in culture or innovation. Other subjects includeElihu Washburne, the American ambassador to France during theFranco-Prussian War,Elizabeth Blackwell, the first female doctor in the United States,Charles Sumner who studied at the Sorbonne and went on to become an American politician, and American artists who worked in Paris such asGeorge Healy,Mary Cassatt, andAugustus Saint-Gaudens.[2]