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John Quincy Adams

A Public Life, a Private Life

John Quincy Adams( )
Author: Nagel, Paul C.
ISBN:978-0-679-40444-6
Publication Date:Sep 1997
Publisher:Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Imprint:Knopf
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $30.00
Book Description:

February 21, 1848, the House of Representatives, Washington, D.C.:  Congressman John Quincy Adams, rising to speak, suddenly collapses at his desk; two days later, he dies in the Speaker's chamber. The public mourning that followed, writes Paul C. Nagel, "exceeded anything previously seen in America." Forgotten was his failed presidency and his often cold demeanor. It was the memory of an extraordinary human being--one who in his last years had fought heroically for the right of...
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Book Details
Pages:464
Detailed Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Presidents & Heads Of State
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.74 x 9.59 x 1.54 Inches
Book Weight:1.834 Pounds



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