Author: Louisa Thomas
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101980826
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 514

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From the author of Mind and Matter, an intimate portrait of Louisa Catherine Adams, the wife of John Quincy Adams, who witnessed firsthand the greatest transformations of her time Born in London to an American father and a British mother on the eve of the Revolutionary War, Louisa Catherine Johnson was raised in circumstances very different from the New England upbringing of the future president John Quincy Adams, whose life had been dedicated to public service from the earliest age. And yet John Quincy fell in love with her, almost despite himself. Their often tempestuous but deeply close marriage lasted half a century. They lived in Prussia, Massachusetts, Washington, Russia, and England, at royal courts, on farms, in cities, and in the White House. Louisa saw more of Europe and America than nearly any other woman of her time. But wherever she lived, she was always pressing her nose against the glass, not quite sure whether she was looking in or out. The other members of the Adams family could take their identity for granted—they were Adamses; they were Americans—but she had to invent her own. The story of Louisa Catherine Adams is one of a woman who forged a sense of self. As the country her husband led found its place in the world, she found a voice. That voice resonates still. In this deeply felt biography, the talented journalist and historian Louisa Thomas finally gives Louisa Catherine Adams's full extraordinary life its due. An intimate portrait of a remarkable woman, a complicated marriage, and a pivotal historical moment, Louisa Thomas's biography is a masterful work from an elegant storyteller.

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities
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Languages : en
Pages : 1942

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Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities
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Category : Communism
Languages : en
Pages : 906

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Author: United States. Congress. House
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Languages : en
Pages : 2080

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Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1784

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Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce
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Category : Independent regulatory commissions
Languages : en
Pages : 1472

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Author: Barbara Weisberg
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393531538
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 287

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Shocking revelations of a wife’s adultery explode in an incendiary nineteenth-century trial, exposing upper-crust New York society and its secrets. What could possibly go wrong in a wealthy matriarch’s country home when her dilettante son, his restless wife, and his widowed brother live there together? Strong Passions, rooted in the beguiling times of Edith Wharton’s “old New York,” recounts the true story of a tumultuous marriage. In 1862, Mary Strong stunned her husband, Peter, by confessing to a two-year affair with his brother. Peter sued Mary for divorce for adultery—the only grounds in New York—but not before she accused him of forcing her into an abortion and having his own affair with the abortionist. She then kidnapped their young daughter and disappeared. The divorce trial Strong v. Strong riveted the nation during the final throes and aftermath of the Civil War, offering a shocking glimpse into the private world of New York’s powerful and privileged elite. Barbara Weisberg presents the chaotic courtroom and panoply of witnesses—governess, housekeeper, private detective, sisters-in-law, and many others—who provided contradictory and often salacious testimony. She then asks us to be the jury, deciding each spouse’s guilt and the possibility of a just resolution. Social history at its most intimate, Strong Passions charts a trial’s twists and turns to portray a family and country in turmoil as they faced conflicts over women’s changing roles, male custody of children, and men’s power—financial and otherwise—over wives.

Author: United States. Social Security Administration
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 292

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Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities
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Category : Communism
Languages : en
Pages : 1156

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Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities
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Category : Communism
Languages : en
Pages : 1218

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