Books
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America's first dynasty | Richard Brookhiser | "The Adams family saga satisfies our curiosity about famous figures, which is part gossip a venerable genre, from Suetonius to People part identification," writes Brookhiser in his introduction to th… | OL15211899W |
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John Quincy Adams | James Traub | From the Introduction... Adams was also a hard man. He did not aim to please, and he largely succeeded. He drove away many of his old friends and offended most of his onetime allies. He frightened… | OL17355715W |