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1 online resource (xviii, 284 pages) : illustrations, map |
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American profiles |
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American profiles (Madison, Wis.)
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| Summary |
As son of the second president of the United States, father to the minister to the Court of St. James, and grandfather to author Henry Adams, John Quincy Adams was part of an American dynasty. In his own career as secretary of state, President, senator, and congressman, Adams was an actor in some of the most dramatic events of the nineteenth century. In this biography, Lynn Hudson Parsons chronicles the life of one of America's most absorbing figures. From the day in 1778 when as a boy he accompanied his father on a diplomatic mission to France, to his last years as an eloquent opponent of his country's foreign and domestic policies, Adams was rarely detached from public affairs. And yet, this biography reveals Adams as a man never truly at home anywhere - in Washington he was stubborn and reclusive, in Europe he was a phlegmatic ideologue, a bulldog among spaniels. His story parallels America's own |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-275) and index |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848.
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Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 fast |
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Adams, John Quincy. swd |
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Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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Diplomatic relations
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Politics and government
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Presidents
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Biografie
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1825-1829. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140429
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United States -- Foreign relations -- 1783-1865.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140063
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United States
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collective biographies.
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Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781442202887 |
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1442202882 |
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