Title: John Quincy Adams Pdf
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 La 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 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.
Harlow Giles Unger, a former distinguished visiting fellow in American history at George Washington's Mount Vernon, is a veteran journalist, broadcaster, educator, and historian. He is the author of 20 books, including several biographies of America's Founding Fathers. He has also authored histories of the early Republic as well as numerous books on American education. He lives in New York.
The Adams Family..Quincy edition. I purchased this book to learn specifics about the famous John Quincy Adams, son of the famous John Adams. I enjoyed this biography while learning so much. Many men have difficulties "living up" to there Dad's reputation/talent, and though John Adams was the ultimate standard, John Quincy did quite well for himself! A scholar and forward-thinker, He was ahead of his time in championing freedom for the slaves and thus all Americans. The timeline presented in the front of the book is an excellent idea and would be a nice addition to other biographies of famous Americans. To have known Franklin as a youth, served under Washington as a young man and later serving with Lincoln as an elder statesman is fascinating. Also, to think that he took daily swims in the Potomac is just difficult to imagine. A totally different world we live in today, but one that is much better because this man of excellent character existed. Good job by this author.Dr. Stanley E. Toompas, Optometrist& Author of, "I'm the One the Other Isn't"and I find him very smooth and easy to read I finished reading this book today, and I'm convinced the next early-American statesman to get the Hamilton treatment should be John Quincy Adams. I suspect most people think of him only as a one-term (and thus "failed") president, but that which came before and after his presidency is utterly fascinating. He becomes the fiercest, loudest, and most persistent opponent of slavery in all of the U.S. government. And when he dies he is wildly beloved across the country. (And where he dies is fascinating.) Regarding the writing style of author Harlow Giles Unger, this is the second book of his that I've read (the other was his James Monroe biography), and I find him very smooth and easy to read, unlike some other historians.Read a fantastic account of an underrated American figure I've been reading a ton of U.S. history over the last year and Unger's style is one of the best I've encountered. The narrative is packed full of details, but somehow manages to always stay interesting instead of getting bogged down in boring facts. The writing is just smooth- it almost reads like non-fiction. It doesn't hurt that John Quincy is such an interesting guy- it seems like he did it all. I really enjoyed this book and recommend it.
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