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John Quincy Adams (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780805069396)
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Robert Vincent Remini
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xA vivid portrait of a man whose pre- and post-presidential careers overshadowed his presidency.
Chosen president by the House of Representatives after an inconclusive election against Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams often failed to mesh with the ethos of his era, pushing unsuccessfully for a strong, consolidated national government. Historian Robert V. Remini recounts how in the years before his presidency Adams was a shrewd, influential diplomat, and later, as a dynamic secretary of state under President James Monroe, he solidified many basic aspects of American foreign policy, including the Monroe Doctrine. Undoubtedly his greatest triumph was the negotiation of the Transcontinental Treaty, through which Spain acknowledged Florida to be part of the United States. After his term in office, he earned the nickname Old Man Eloquent for his passionate antislavery speeches.Author: Robert Vincent Remini
ISBN-10: 0805069399
ISBN-13: 9780805069396
Publisher: Times Books
Language: English
Published: 08/20/2002
Pages: 190
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.80d
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 06/01/2002 pg. 792
Publishers Weekly 06/10/2002 pg. 49
Booklist 07/01/2002 pg. 1819
Library Journal 08/01/2002 pg. 110
New York Times 09/01/2002 pg. 17
Library Journal 08/12/2002
By Robert Vincent Remini
xRobert V. Remini was professor emeritus of history and the humanities at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Called the foremost Jacksonian scholar of our time by The New York Times, he was the recipient of a National Book Award.
Series editor, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., is the preeminent historian of our time. For more than half a century, he has been a cornerstone figure in the intellectual life of the nation and a fixture on the political scene. He served as a special assistant to John F. Kennedy; won two Pulitzer Prizes for The Age of Jackson and A Thousand Days; and in 1998 received the National Humanities Medal. he published the first volume of his autobiography, A Life in the Twentieth Century, in 2000.Recently Viewed Products
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