Mr. Adams's last crusade : John Quincy Adams's extraordinary post-presidential life in Congress / Joseph Wheelan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wheelan, Joseph.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Legislators--United States--Biography.

Legislators.

Presidents--United States--Biography.

Presidents.

United States--Politics and government--1815-1861.

United States.

United States. Congress. House--Biography.

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848.

Adams, John Quincy.

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848--Political and social views.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (335 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : PublicAffairs, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

When John Quincy Adams?the sixty-three-year-old former president, U.S. senator, secretary of state, and diplomat?was elected to the House of Representatives by his Massachusetts neighbors, he embarked on a spectacular late-life career.He became Congress's most acerbic and influential critic of slavery as well as a tireless proponent for human freedoms and First Amendment rights. This remarkable congressional career utterly transformed him, the public's perception of him, and his legacy?in many ways redeeming his failed presidency. Mr. Adams's Last Crusade renders an insightful p

Contents:

Contents; Author's Note; Prologue; 1 Favored Son of the Revolution; 2 The Road to the Presidency; 3 An "Agony of Mind"; 4 The Freshman Congressman; 5 A Worthy Cause; 6 Adams, Science, and the Smithsonian Institution; 7 Lightning Rod of Congress; 8 "True and Honest Hearts Love You"; 9 The Amistad; 10 "Old Nestor"; 11 Triumph; 12 A New War and Decline; Epilogue; Bibliography; Notes; Index; Acknowledgments; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-268) and index.

ISBN:

1-283-09463-0

9786613094636

0-7867-4495-2

OCLC:

606189840