Mr. Adams's Last Crusade
John Quincy Adams's Extraordinary Post-Presidential Life in Congress
Biography & Memoir, Political, Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States
| Author: | Joseph Wheelan | ISBN: | 9780786744954 |
| Publisher: | PublicAffairs | Publication: | February 24, 2009 |
| Imprint: | PublicAffairs | Language: | English |
| Author: | Joseph Wheelan |
| ISBN: | 9780786744954 |
| Publisher: | PublicAffairs |
| Publication: | February 24, 2009 |
| Imprint: | PublicAffairs |
| Language: | English |
When John Quincy Adams-the sixty-three-year-old former president, U.S. senator, secretary of state, and diplomat-was elected to the House of Representatives by his Massachusetts neighbors, he embarked on a spectacular late-life career.
He became Congress's most acerbic and influential critic of slavery as well as a tireless proponent for human freedoms and First Amendment rights. This remarkable congressional career utterly transformed him, the public's perception of him, and his legacy-in many ways redeeming his failed presidency. Mr. Adams's Last Crusade renders an insightful portrait of a man who placed his country above politics.
When John Quincy Adams-the sixty-three-year-old former president, U.S. senator, secretary of state, and diplomat-was elected to the House of Representatives by his Massachusetts neighbors, he embarked on a spectacular late-life career.
He became Congress's most acerbic and influential critic of slavery as well as a tireless proponent for human freedoms and First Amendment rights. This remarkable congressional career utterly transformed him, the public's perception of him, and his legacy-in many ways redeeming his failed presidency. Mr. Adams's Last Crusade renders an insightful portrait of a man who placed his country above politics.
