Download or read book The Selected Writings of John and John Quincy Adams written by John Adams and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Selected Writings of John Adams and John Quincy Adams written by John Quincy Adams and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Selected Writings of John Quincy Adams written by John Quincy Adams and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Selected Writings of John and John Quincy Adams written by John Quincy Adams and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Selected Writings of John and John Quincy Adams Edited and With an Introd by Adrienne Koch and William Peden written by John Quincy Adams and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Selected Writings of John and John Quincy Adams Edited and with an Introduction by Adrienne Koch and William Peden written by John Quincy Adams and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book John Quincy Adams written by Paul C. Nagel and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2012-12-05 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: February 21, 1848, the House of Representatives, Washington D.C.: Congressman John Quincy Adams, rising to speak, suddenly collapses at his desk; two days later, he dies in the Speaker’s chamber. The public mourning that followed, writes Paul C. Nagel, “exceeded anything previously seen in America. Forgotten was his failed presidency and his often cold demeanor. It was the memory of an extraordinary human being—one who in his last years had fought heroically for the right of petition and against a war to expand slavery—that drew a grateful people to salute his coffin in the Capitol and to stand by the railroad tracks as his bier was transported from Washington to Boston.” Nagel probes deeply into the psyche of this cantankerous, misanthropic, erudite, hardworking son of a former president whose remarkable career spanned many offices: minister to Holland, Russia, and England, U.S. senator, secretary of state, president of the United States (1825-1829), and, finally, U.S. representative (the only ex-president to serve in the House). On the basis of a thorough study of Adams’ seventy-year diary, among a host of other documents, the author gives us a richer account than we have yet had of JQA’s life—his passionate marriage to Louisa Johnson, his personal tragedies (two sons lost to alcoholism), his brilliant diplomacy, his recurring depression, his exasperating behavior—and shows us why, in the end, only Abraham Lincoln’s death evoked a great out-pouring of national sorrow in nineteenth-century America. We come to see how much Adams disliked politics and hoped for more from life than high office; how he sought distinction in literacy and scientific endeavors, and drew his greatest pleasure from being a poet, critic, translator, essayist, botanist, and professor of oratory at Harvard; how tension between the public and private Adams vexed his life; and how his frustration kept his masked and aloof (and unpopular). Nagel’s great achievement, in this first biography of America’s sixth president in a quarter century, is finally to portray Adams in all his talent and complexity.
Download or read book Writings of John Quincy Adams written by John Quincy Adams and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Primarily a selection of correspondence by Adams.
Download or read book Writings of John Quincy Adams 1796 1801 written by John Quincy Adams and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Primarily a selection of correspondence by Adams.
Download or read book Writings of John Quincy Adams 1801 1810 written by John Quincy Adams and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Primarily a selection of correspondence by Adams.
Download or read book Writings of John Quincy Adams 1779 1796 written by John Quincy Adams and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Primarily a selection of correspondence by Adams.
Download or read book John Quincy Adams written by Harlow Giles Unger and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2012-09-04 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He fought for Washington, served with Lincoln, witnessed Bunker Hill, and sounded the clarion against slavery on the eve of the Civil War. He negotiated an end to the War of 1812, engineered the annexation of Florida, and won the Supreme Court decision that freed the African captives of The Amistad. He served his nation as minister to six countries, secretary of state, senator, congressman, and president. John Quincy Adams was all of these things and more. In this masterful biography, award winning author Harlow Giles Unger reveals Quincy Adams as a towering figure in the nation's formative years and one of the most courageous figures in American history, which is why he ranked first in John F. Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize-winning Profiles in Courage. A magisterial biography and a sweeping panorama of American history from the Washington to Lincoln eras, Unger's John Quincy Adams follows one of America's most important yet least-known figures.
Download or read book John Quincy Adams written by Fred Kaplan and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-05-06 with total page 571 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “There is much to praise in this extensively researched book, which is certainly one of the finest biographies of a sadly underrated man. . . . [Kaplan is] a master historian and biographer. . . . If he could read this biography, Adams would be satisfied that he had been fairly dealt with at last.” —Carol Berkin, Washington Post In this fresh and illuminating biography, Fred Kaplan, the acclaimed author of Lincoln, brings into focus the dramatic life of John Quincy Adams—the little-known and much-misunderstood sixth president of the United States and the first son of John and Abigail Adams—and reveals how Adams' inspiring, progressive vision guided his life and helped shape the course of America. Kaplan draws on a trove of unpublished archival material to trace Adams' evolution from his childhood during the Revolutionary War to his brilliant years as Secretary of State to his time in the White House and beyond. He examines Adams' myriad sides: the public and private man, the statesman and writer, the wise thinker and passionate advocate, the leading abolitionist and fervent federalist. In these ways, Adams was a predecessor of Lincoln and, later, FDR and Obama. This sweeping biography makes clear how Adams' forward-thinking values, his definition of leadership, and his vision for the nation's future is as much about twenty-first-century America as it is about Adams' own time. Meticulously researched and masterfully written, John Quincy Adams paints a rich portrait of this brilliant leader and his vision for a young nation.
Download or read book Writings of John Quincy Adams 14 written by John Quincy Adams and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gain insight into the life and times of one of America's most celebrated statesmen with this comprehensive collection of the writings of John Quincy Adams. From his early years as a diplomat to his later years as a congressman and president, this book provides a fascinating glimpse into the mind of a true American original. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book The Remarkable Education of John Quincy Adams written by Phyllis Lee Levin and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2015-01-06 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compelling look at our sixth president, the first biography to look closely at JQ's international life and at his complicated and troubled marriage
Download or read book John Quincy Adams written by Martha S. Hewson and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of John Quincy Adams, the only former president to serve in the United States House of Representatives, whose antislavery position led him to argue the Amistad case before the Supreme Court.
