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America's founding son : John Quincy Adams, from president to political maverick / Bob Crawford ; illustrations by Garrett Morlan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Crawford, Bob (Musician), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848.
- Adams, John Quincy.
- Presidents--United States--Biography.
- Presidents.
- United States--Politics and government--1825-1829.
- United States.
- United States--Politics and government--1789-1815.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxviii, 319 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- John Quincy Adams, from president to political maverick
- From president to political maverick
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Zando, 2026.
- Contents:
- Act one
- 1. The slave drivers, as usual, bluster and bully...
- 2. To break one link in the chain of slavery
- 3. We are on the eve of a great crisis, of which scarcely any one is yet aware
- 4. For the present the contest is laid to sleep
- 5. To arouse and awaken the American people to a sense of the inconsistency, the hypocrisy, and the iniquity
- 6. Was there ever witnessed such a barefaced corruption in any country before?
- 7. I would not exchange circumstances with any person on earth
- 8. Palsied by the will of our constituents
- Act two
- 9. The lion's den of slavites, slave traders, and all the devils in human shape
- 10. I have been deeply disappointed in him, and now expect nothing from him but evil
- 11. It crushes the body ... breaks the heart and kills the soul
- 12. I fear I must
- 13. Am I gagged?
- 14. What is a mob?
- Act three. 15. Your friend and fellow citizen, John Quincy Adams
- 16. Amistad
- 17. Ann Sprigg's boardinghouse
- 18. THe acutest, the astutest, the archest enemy of Southern slavery that ever existed
- 19. Let justice be done, though the heavens fall!
- 20. This is the end of earth.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-307) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781638932611 (electronic bk.)
- 1638932611 (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 90104194494
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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