| John Quincy Adams: Militant Spirit Contributor(s): Traub, James (Author) |
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ISBN: 0465093833 ISBN-13: 9780465093830 Publisher: Basic Books OUR PRICE: $20.69 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Presidents & Heads Of State - Biography & Autobiography | Political - Biography & Autobiography | Historical |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 1.8" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (1.41 lbs) 656 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Penetrating, detailed, and very readable. . . . A splendid biography. -- Wall Street Journal Few figures in American history have held as many roles in public life as John Quincy Adams. The son of John Adams, he was a brilliant ambassador and secretary of state, a frustrated president, and a dedicated congressman who staunchly opposed slavery. In John Quincy Adams, scholar and journalist James Traub draws on Adams's diaries, letters, and writings to evoke his numerous achievements-and failures-in office. A man of unwavering moral convictions, Adams is the father of foreign policy realism and one of the first proponents of the activist government. But John Quincy Adams is first and foremost the story of a brilliant, flinty, and unyielding man whose life exemplified admirable political courage. |
