{"product_id":"louisa-catherine-margery-m-heffron-9780300212563","title":"Louisa Catherine: The Other Mrs. Adams","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe definitive biography of Louisa Catherine, wife and political partner of President John Quincy Adams\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Insightful and entertaining.\"--Susan Dunn, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003eEditor's Choice\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, wife and political partner of John Quincy Adams, became one of the most widely known women in America when her husband assumed office as sixth president in 1 825. Shrewd, intellectual, and articulate, she was close to the center of American power over many decades, and extensive archives reveal her as an unparalleled observer of the politics, personalities, and issues of her day. Louisa left behind a trove of journals, essays, letters, and other writings, yet no biographer has mined these riches until now. Margery Heffron brings Louisa out of the shadows at last to offer the first full and nuanced portrait of an extraordinary first lady. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The book begins with Louisa's early life in London and Nantes, France, then details her excruciatingly awkward courtship and engagement to John Quincy, her famous diplomatic success in tsarist Russia, her life as a mother, years abroad as the wife of a distinguished diplomat, and finally the Washington, D.C., era when, as a legendary hostess, she made no small contribution to her husband's successful bid for the White House. Louisa's sharp insights as a tireless recorder provide a fresh view of early American democratic society, presidential politics and elections, and indeed every important political and social issue of her time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Margery M. Heffron\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300212569\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300212563\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/28\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.70w x 0.90d","brand":"Margery M. Heffron","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44057816006911,"sku":"9780300212563","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ebf4110a-6481-497c-97ea-51d695357776.jpg?v=1685049031","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/louisa-catherine-margery-m-heffron-9780300212563","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}