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The greater journey [book discussion kit] : [a talk tote for book discussion groups] etc. : Americans in Paris
Title:
The greater journey [book discussion kit] : [a talk tote for book discussion groups] etc. : Americans in Paris
Author:
McCullough, David G.
Personal Author:
Edition:
1st Simon & Schuster trade pbk. ed.
Publication Information:
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2012, ©2011.
Physical Description:
558 pages, [48] pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. + resource guide + black tote.
General Note:
12 items in black tote bag + resource guide.
Contents:
Part I. The way over -- Voila Paris! -- Morse at the Louvre -- The medicals -- Part II. American sensations -- Change at hand -- A city transformed -- Bound to succeed -- Part III. Under siege -- Madness -- Paris again -- The Farragut -- Genius in abundance -- Au revoir, Paris!
Abstract:
Relates the story of the American artists, writers, and doctors who traveled to Paris in the nineteenth century, fell in love with the city and its people, and changed America through what they learned there.