The Lost Founding Father - John Quincy Adams and the Transformation of American Politics

Informationen zum Autor William J. Cooper is the author of Jefferson Davis, American , which won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and We Have the War Upon Us . A Boyd Professor Emeritus of History at Louisiana State University, he lives in Atlanta, Georgia. Klappentext Overshadowed by both his brilliant father and the brash and bold Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams has long been dismissed as hyper-intellectual. Viciously assailed by Jackson and his populist mobs for being both slippery and effete, Adams nevertheless recovered from the malodorous 1828 presidential election to lead the nation as a lonely Massachusetts congressman in the fight against slavery. Now, William J. Cooper insightfully demonstrates that Adams should be considered a lost Founding Father, his moral and political vision the final link to the great visionaries who created the American nation. This game-changing biography reveals Adams to be one of the most battered but courageous and inspirational politicians in American history. Zusammenfassung Largely written out of American history! this book argues that John Quincy Adams is! in fact! a lost Founding Father.

Product details

• Authors: William J. Cooper, Cooper William J.
• Publisher: Norton and Co Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2017
• EAN: 9780871404350
• ISBN: 978-0-87140-435-0
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Biography: historical, political & military, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State, c 1800 to c 1900, Political leaders & leadership, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Biography: historical, political and military, Political leaders and leadership, c 1820 to c 1829