John Quincy Adams

In this concise biography, Parsons masterfully chronicles the dramatic and prolific career of one of America's most absorbing figures.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Illustrations Chapter 2 Editor's Foreword Chapter 3 Acknowledgments Chapter 4 Prologue Chapter 5 "Times in Which a Genious Would Wish to Live" Chapter 6 "To Serve My Country at its Call" Chapter 7 "Hitherto My Conduct has Given Satisfaction to Neither Side" Chapter 8 "A Bulldog Among Spaniels" Chapter 9 "Leave the Rest of the Continent to Us" Chapter 10 "Liberty is Power" Chapter 11 "I Was Born for a Controversial World. . . ." Chapter 12 "A Stout Heart and a Clear Conscience, and Never Despair" Chapter 13 Epilogue Chapter 14 Suggested Reading Chapter 15 Index

About the author

Lynn Hudson Parsons is professor of history at State University of New York College at Brockport. He is author of several articles on John Quincy Adams and his family, and compiler of John Quincy Adams: A Bibliography.

Summary

In this concise biography, Parsons masterfully chronicles the dramatic and prolific career of one of America's most absorbing figures.

Product details

• Authors: Lynn Hudson Parson, Lynn Hudson Parsons
• Assisted by: Norman K. Risjord (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.1999
• EAN: 9780945612599
• ISBN: 978-0-945612-59-9
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 496 g
• Series: American Profiles; American Profiles (Madison Hou; American Profiles
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education