John Quincy Adams - Softcover

Unger, Harlow Giles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0306822652 ISBN 13: 9780306822650

Publisher: Da Capo Press, 2013

Synopsis

He fought for Washington, served with Lincoln, witnessed Bunker Hill, and sounded the clarion against slavery on the eve of the Civil War. He negotiated an end to the War of 1812, engineered the annexation of Florida, and won the Supreme Court decision that freed the African captives of The Amistad. He served his nation as minister to six countries, secretary of state, senator, congressman, and president.

John Quincy Adams was all of these things and more. In this masterful biography, award winning author Harlow Giles Unger reveals Quincy Adams as a towering figure in the nation's formative years and one of the most courageous figures in American history, which is why he ranked first in John F. Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize–winning Profiles in Courage.

A magisterial biography and a sweeping panorama of American history from the Washington to Lincoln eras, Unger's John Quincy Adams follows one of America's most important yet least-known figures.

About this title

About the Author:

A former Distinguished Visiting Fellow in American History at George Washington's Mount Vernon, Harlow Giles Unger is a veteran journalist, broadcaster, educator, and historian. He is the author of twenty books, including six biographies of America's Founding Fathers and two other histories of the early republic.

Review:

''A neglected president receives his due as a statesman and practical politician . . . A fine examination of a life, well deserving a place alongside David McCullough's study of Adams père.'' --Kirkus

''Unger's skills as both a storyteller and political analyst enable him to convey the importance of the personalities and events of early-nineteenth-century America in a detailed and enjoyable manner that will appeal to general readers.'' --Boston Globe on The Last Founding Father

''[Unger's] descriptions . . . are among the most lucid I've read.'' --San Francisco Book Review

''Unger has cornered the market on muses to emerge as America's most readable historian.'' --National Review praise for the author

About this edition

• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0306822652
• ISBN 13: 9780306822650
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384