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America's first dynasty
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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… |
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John Quincy Adams
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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… |
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The Adams chronicles
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Shepherd, Jack |
A history of four generations of one of America's most prominent families, told largely in their own words from diaries and letters. |
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