Diary and autobiographical writings of Louisa Catherine Adams / Judith S. Graham ... [and others], editors.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adams, Louisa Catherine, 1775-1852.

Contributor:

Graham, Judith S., 1945-

Series:

Adams papers. Diaries Series I,

The Adams papers, series 1. Diaries.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adams, Louisa Catherine, 1775-1852--Diaries.

Adams, Louisa Catherine.

Adams, Louisa Catherine, 1775-1852.

Presidents' spouses--United States--Diaries.

Presidents' spouses.

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848.

Adams, John Quincy.

Presidents--United States--Biography.

Presidents.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Diaries.

Physical Description:

2 volumes (lviii, 883 pages) : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2013.

Summary:

John Quincy Adams was US minister to the Netherlands when he and Louisa met and were married. She was born in London in 1775, and her marriage took her to Prussia, to the United States, to Russia (1809), to Great Britain in 1815, and back the US in 1817, where her husband served as secretary of state, president, and then member of congress. Louisa was an extraordinary observer and candid writer, and these works vividly record her life and times and the character of her husband and others. Volume 1 of this two-volume set covers the years 1778-1815, with chapters titled "Record of a Life, The Adventures of a Nobody, Diary (1812-1814), and Narrative of a Journey From Russia to France." The second volume comprises her remaining extant diaries covering the years 1819-1849. The Johnson family genealogy is appended, and the volume includes a chronology and index. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780674058682

0674058682

OCLC:

757935765