Heirs of an honored name [electronic resource] : the decline of the Adams family and the rise of modern America / Douglas R. Egerton.

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"John and Abigail Adams sired the first dynasty to shape American politics, but they would not witness their family's calamitous fall from grace. When President John Quincy Adams died in 1848, so began the slow death of the family's political legacy -- a decline that mirrored the fall of the Republi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Egerton, Douglas R. (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : Basic Books, [2019]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Adams family.
Adams, John Quincy, > 1767-1848.
Adams, Charles Francis, > 1807-1886.
Statesmen > United States > Biography.
Statesmen's families > United States > Biography.
United States > Politics and government > 1783-1865.
Braintree (Mass.) > Biography.
Genre:
Biography.
Online Access:
ProQuest Ebook Central: 2019 (Ebook Central @ Proquest)
Variant Title:
Decline of the Adams family and the rise of modern America
Heirs of an Honored Name: The Decline of the Adams Family and the Rise of Modern America
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Generations
  • The assemblyman
  • The free soiler
  • The congressman
  • The minister
  • The officer
  • The combatants
  • The colonel
  • The independents
  • A singular, unsolved family