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The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris

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ALSO BY
D
AVID
M
C
C
ULLOUGH

 

1776

 

John Adams

 

Truman

 

Brave Companions

 

Mornings on Horseback

 

The Path Between the Seas

 

The Great Bridge

 

The Johnstown Flood

 

 

 

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&
SCHUSTER
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Copyright © 2011 by David McCullough

 

All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever. For information address Simon & Schuster Subsidiary Rights Department, 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020

 

First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition May 2011

 

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Manufactured in the United States of America

 

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

 

McCullough, David G.
The greater journey : Americans in Paris/
David McCullough. —1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
p.          cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Americans—France—Paris—History—19th century.
2. Intellectuals—France—Paris—History—19th century.
3. Artists—France—Paris—History—19th century.
4. Authors, American—France—Paris—History—19th century.
5. Physicians—France—Paris—History—19th century.
6. Paris (France)—Intellectual life—19th century.
7. Americans—France—Paris—Biography 8. Paris (France)—Biography.
9. Paris (France)—Relations—United States.
10. United States—Relations—France—Paris.   I. Title.
DC718.A44M39   2011
920.009213044361—dc22                   2010053001
ISBN 978-1-4165-7176-6
ISBN 978-1-4165-7689-1 (ebook)

 

The illustration facing the title page is
Man at the Window
by Gustave Caillebotte; on p. 1: the exterior of Notre-Dame; on p. 137: the Place Vendôme; on p. 265: the Eiffel Tower under construction. The front endpaper is the rue de Rivoli; the back endpaper is avenue de l’Opéra.
Pages 559-560 constitute an extension of the copyright page.

 

For Rosalee

 

For we constantly deal with practical problems, with moulders, contractors, derricks, stonemen, trucks, rubbish, plasterers, and what-not-else, all the while trying to soar into the blue.

 


AUGUSTUS SAINT-GAUDENS

 
CONTENTS
 

PART I

 

1. The Way Over

2.
Voilà Paris!

3. Morse at the Louvre

4. The Medicals

PART II

 

5. American Sensations

6. Change at Hand

7. A City Transformed

8. Bound to Succeed

PART III

 

9. Under Siege

10. Madness

11. Paris Again

12. The Farragut

13. Genius in Abundance

14.
Au Revoir, Paris!

EPILOGUE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

 

SOURCE NOTES

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

 

INDEX

 

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