The HBO miniseries John Adams set records on Sunday night when it won 13 Emmys, the most ever by a miniseries. Stars Paul Giamatti and Laura Linney won for best actor and best actress, among other awards.

Get the unHollywoodized story of the American Founding Father and the new nation’s second president in the two-volume biography John Adams, written by his son, John Quincy Adams. One of the most complete biographies ever written about an American president, this is a remarkable effort examining the life and career of the great Revolutionary leader.

Volume 1 covers Adams’s school days as well as his study and practice of law in pre-Revolutionary America. The Boston Massacre is discussed in great depth, along with Adams’s entrance into public life and his landmark term in the Congress of 1774 straight through to the advent of the Declaration of Independence.

Volume 2 covers Adams’s role in the negotiation and signing of the Treaty of Peace with Great Britain as well as his central task in the organization of the government of the newly emerging nation. Also included are Adams’s recollections of his election and service as first vice president to George Washington’s administration and those of his term as second president of the United States.

John Adams is available at Amazon.com and from other online booksellers.