John Quincy Adams / Harlow Giles Unger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Unger, Harlow G., 1931-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848.

Adams, John Quincy.

Presidents--United States--Biography.

Presidents.

United States.

United States--Politics and government--1789-1815.

Politics and government.

United States--Politics and government--1825-1829.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xv, 364 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston : Da Capo Press, [2012]

Summary:

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 biography, the author 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 book Profiles in Courage. This biography and sweeping panorama of American history from the Washington to Lincoln eras, follows one of America's most important yet least-known figures.

Contents:

A first son for a founding father

The seeds of statesmanship

The land of lovely dames

"He grows...very fat"

Never was a father more satisfied

A free, independent, and powerful nation

A profile in courage

Diplomatic exile

Restoring peace to the world

Stepladder to the presidency

The great and foul stain

The end of the beginning

A new beginning

Freedom is the prize.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-348) and index.

ISBN:

9780306821295

030682129X

9780306821301

0306821303

OCLC:

778420557