Author: David J. Rothman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 260

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Presents contemporary writings from 1758-1893 which pertain to particular aspects of American history.

Author: Regina Janes
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Adams chronicles (Television program)
Languages : en
Pages : 196

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Author: Louisa Catherine Adams
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674369270
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 439

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Louisa Catherine Adams was daughter-in-law and wife of presidents, assisted diplomat J. Q. Adams at three European capitals, and served as a D.C. hostess for three decades. Yet she is barely remembered today. A Traveled First Lady (with Foreword by Laura Bush) corrects this oversight, by sharing Adams's remarkable story in her own words.

Author: Jack Shephered
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 448

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Author: James Traub
Publisher:
ISBN: 0465028276
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 641

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Drawing on Adams' diary, letters, and writings, chronicles the diplomat and president's numerous achievements and failures, revealing his unwavering moral convictions, brilliance, unyielding spirit, and political courage.

Author: Gordon S. Wood
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0735224714
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 530

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A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2017 A Wall Street Journal Best Book of 2017 From the great historian of the American Revolution, New York Times-bestselling and Pulitzer-winning Gordon Wood, comes a majestic dual biography of two of America's most enduringly fascinating figures, whose partnership helped birth a nation, and whose subsequent falling out did much to fix its course. Thomas Jefferson and John Adams could scarcely have come from more different worlds, or been more different in temperament. Jefferson, the optimist with enough faith in the innate goodness of his fellow man to be democracy's champion, was an aristocratic Southern slaveowner, while Adams, the overachiever from New England's rising middling classes, painfully aware he was no aristocrat, was a skeptic about popular rule and a defender of a more elitist view of government. They worked closely in the crucible of revolution, crafting the Declaration of Independence and leading, with Franklin, the diplomatic effort that brought France into the fight. But ultimately, their profound differences would lead to a fundamental crisis, in their friendship and in the nation writ large, as they became the figureheads of two entirely new forces, the first American political parties. It was a bitter breach, lasting through the presidential administrations of both men, and beyond. But late in life, something remarkable happened: these two men were nudged into reconciliation. What started as a grudging trickle of correspondence became a great flood, and a friendship was rekindled, over the course of hundreds of letters. In their final years they were the last surviving founding fathers and cherished their role in this mighty young republic as it approached the half century mark in 1826. At last, on the afternoon of July 4th, 50 years to the day after the signing of the Declaration, Adams let out a sigh and said, At least Jefferson still lives. He died soon thereafter. In fact, a few hours earlier on that same day, far to the south in his home in Monticello, Jefferson died as well. Arguably no relationship in this country's history carries as much freight as that of John Adams of Massachusetts and Thomas Jefferson of Virginia. Gordon Wood has more than done justice to these entwined lives and their meaning; he has written a magnificent new addition to America's collective story.

Author: Gillian Bronte Adams
Publisher: Songkeeper Chronicles
ISBN: 9781683700289
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Every generation has a Songkeeper--one chosen to keep the memory of the Song alive. And in every generation, there are those who seek to destroy the chosen one.

Author: National Endowment for the Humanities
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Humanities
Languages : en
Pages : 174

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Publisher:
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Category : Humanities
Languages : en
Pages : 394

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Author: Marianne Holdzkom
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476683433
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 252

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Has John Adams been forgotten? He is the only Founding Father without a major memorial in the nation's capital. When he lamented that "monuments will never be erected to me," he predicted as much. His pessimism was understandable, but it was unjustified: Adams has since been portrayed in numerous biographies, plays, musicals, poems, novels, and television shows. This is the first comprehensive overview of John Adams as he appears in scholarship and in popular culture. The second president is one-dimensional at times, and perhaps best known to the public as "obnoxious and disliked," but he is always fascinating. The varied ways in which biographers and artists represented Adams provide a glimpse into his character. These portrayals also provide insight into the various ways in which people continue to find meaning in the American Revolution and its aftermath.