1930 THE John Quincy ADAMS FAMILY President 4 Generations by James Truslow ILLUS

Description: THE ADAMS FAMILY by James Truslow Adams (October 18, 1878 – May 18, 1949, was an American writer and historian. He was a freelance author who helped to popularize the latest scholarship about American history and his three-volume history of New England is well regarded by scholars. He popularized the phrase "American Dream" in his 1931 book The Epic of America.) Copyright 1930 Literary Guild. With Illustrations Contents:The First Generation: John AdamsThe Second Generation: John Quincy AdamsThe Third Generation: Charles Francis AdamsThe Fourth Generation: John Quincy, Charles Francis, Henry, and Brooks Adams"From the The family whose story is told in this volume (and with which I am in no way connected) is the most distinguished in the United States. Suddenly passing from village obscurity into international fame in the latter part of the eighteenth century, it has ever since maintained a preeminent position, due neither to great wealth nor to a hereditary title, but to character and sheer intellectual ability. It is this in part, which gives it a unique interest, although the life of each of its members here chronicled has an interest also of its own. The volume, however, is not intended to be merely a series of biographies. It is essentially a biography of a family, thrown against the changing background of its times for a hundred and fifty years. Indeed, the family is in part used as a sort of measuring rod to measure the extent of the change in its environment. The chief purpose of the book is thus not at all genealogical, and only in a minor degree individually biographical." Book in good condition for age. No marks on pages. Gilt lettering on front cover is not faded. Fading to lettering on side spine. Some very light soiling front and back cover. Track Page Views With Auctiva's FREE Counter

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