“Shaker Loops” … “Hoodoo Zephyr” … “Short Ride in a Fast Machine” — the titles alone of John Adams’ musical compositions suggest he’d make a lively, witty prose writer. That proves to be the case in ...

This story was originally published in the Globe Magazine on Nov. 5, 2000. You’re John Adams. You take a bunch of cautious Continental Congressmen gathered to write a complaint letter, and you brow ...

In 1797, John Adams became the second American president, having won election by three votes in the Electoral College. Although George Washington had set a momentous precedent by relinquishing power — ...

In 1819, 18 years after leaving the White House, John Adams fretted that “Mausoleums, Statues, Monuments will never be erected to me. … Panegyrical romances will never be written, nor flattering ...

A new HBO miniseries based on a Pulitzer-Prize winning biography by David McCullough aims to present an authentic portrayal of the life and times of America's second president, John Adams. McCullough ...

John Adams was born on October 30, 1735, in Braintree, Massachusetts. His father, a farmer and deacon, hoped that Adams would enter the clergy, but his Harvard professors thought his propensity for ...

Lovers of classical music in the Southern Tier recognize Sam Goodyear as the sonorous voice that guides them through selections from his beloved Mozart and many other composers on WSKG radio. What ...

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David McCullough died August 8, 2022 at age 89. In this "Sunday Morning" interview, originally broadcast on July 1, 2001, he discusses his biography of an overlooked ...

Adapted from David McCullough's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, this lavish seven-part miniseries chronicles the life of Founding Father John Adams, starting with the Boston Massacre of 1770 through ...