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The life and times of Congressman John Quincy Adams Leonard L. Richards
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks E 377 .R53 1986
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Richards, Leonard L.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848.
- Adams, John Quincy.
- Presidents--United States--Biography.
- Presidents.
- Legislators--United States--Biography.
- Legislators.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 245 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1986.
- Summary:
- This covers the lasts years of John Quincy Adams in his congressional career in great detail.
- Contents:
- 1. The road to seat no. 203
- 2. Adams and democracy
- 3. Guardian of the future
- 4. The rise of organized antislavery
- 5. The new folk hero
- 6. Texas and "the great slave power conspiracy"
- 7. Mr. Polk's war.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-238) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Richards, Leonard L. Life and times of Congressman John Quincy Adams.
- ISBN:
- 0195040260
- 9780195040265
- OCLC:
- 13004705
- Online:
- Publisher description
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