Gallery of paintings that appear in 'John Adams' Interesting facts: Hosted PBS' "The American Experience" from 1988-1999 (although he says he enjoyed the experience, "I began to feel like an actor who had been in the same part for long enough") and he narrated several documentaries, most notably Ken Burns' "The Civil War" (1990) Honors include: National Book Award (twice), Francis Parkman Prize (twice), Pulitzer Prize (for "Truman") Notable works: "The Johnstown Flood," 1968 "The Great Bridge," 1972 "The Path Between the Seas," 1977 "Mornings on Horseback," 1981 "Truman," 1992 "John Adams," 2001 "The problem with Adams," says historian David McCullough, author of the new biography "John Adams" (Simon & Schuster), "is that most Americans know nothing about him." Which barely scratches the surface of the truth.
And Thomas Jefferson is remembered as the author of the Declaration of Independence, the Sage of Monticello and the founder of the Democratic Party - the oldest political party in the world.īut what of John Adams, Jefferson's longtime friend and occasional rival? He's remembered as that guy who served a single term as president between Washington and Jefferson, and as a short, vain, somewhat rotund man whose stature seems to have been dwarfed by his lanky colleagues. George Washington is immortalized as "the father of his country." Benjamin Franklin is the wizened old scientist and diplomat who lent his authority and charm to the country's early years.
(CNN) - When it comes to the Founding Fathers, it's easy to fall back on cliches.
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