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Title: John Quincy Adams Pdf
He fought for Washington, served with Lincoln, witnessed Bunker Hill, and sounded the clarion against slavery on the eve of the Civil War. He negotiated an end to the War of 1812, engineered the annexation of Florida, and won the Supreme Court decision that freed the African captives of La Amistad. He served his nation as minister to six countries, secretary of state, senator, congressman, and president.
John Quincy Adams was all of these things and more. In this masterful biography, award-winning author Harlow Giles Unger reveals Adams as a towering figure in the nation's formative years and one of the most courageous figures in American history - which is why he ranked first in John F. Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize-winning Profiles in Courage.
A magisterial biography and a sweeping panorama of American history from the Washington to Lincoln eras, Unger's John Quincy Adams follows one of America's most important yet least known figures.
Harlow Giles Unger, a former distinguished visiting fellow in American history at George Washington's Mount Vernon, is a veteran journalist, broadcaster, educator, and historian. He is the author of 20 books, including several biographies of America's Founding Fathers. He has also authored histories of the early Republic as well as numerous books on American education. He lives in New York.
The Adams Family..Quincy edition. I purchased this book to learn specifics about the famous John Quincy Adams, son of the famous John Adams. I enjoyed this biography while learning so much. Many men have difficulties "living up" to there Dad's reputation/talent, and though John Adams was the ultimate standard, John Quincy did quite well for himself! A scholar and forward-thinker, He was ahead of his time in championing freedom for the slaves and thus all Americans. The timeline presented in the front of the book is an excellent idea and would be a nice addition to other biographies of famous Americans. To have known Franklin as a youth, served under Washington as a young man and later serving with Lincoln as an elder statesman is fascinating. Also, to think that he took daily swims in the Potomac is just difficult to imagine. A totally different world we live in today, but one that is much better because this man of excellent character existed. Good job by this author.Dr. Stanley E. Toompas, Optometrist& Author of, "I'm the One the Other Isn't"and I find him very smooth and easy to read I finished reading this book today, and I'm convinced the next early-American statesman to get the Hamilton treatment should be John Quincy Adams. I suspect most people think of him only as a one-term (and thus "failed") president, but that which came before and after his presidency is utterly fascinating. He becomes the fiercest, loudest, and most persistent opponent of slavery in all of the U.S. government. And when he dies he is wildly beloved across the country. (And where he dies is fascinating.) Regarding the writing style of author Harlow Giles Unger, this is the second book of his that I've read (the other was his James Monroe biography), and I find him very smooth and easy to read, unlike some other historians.His greatest achievements came before - and after - his presidency As presidential biographies go, I found this book by Harlow Giles Unger to be well written and quite a page-turner. Having just read several other much longer biographies of his predecessors, I did notice a few spots where the author glossed over things or inadequately explained stuff, but what the book lacked in long-winded scholarship it more than made up for in heart. The last few pages brought me to tears. It's hard to imagine our country becoming great without the lifelong service offered by John Quincy Adams.In the presidential election of 1824 it was a four-way contest. Andrew Jackson won the popular vote, but none of the candidates had a majority of the electoral votes, thus tossing the election to the House of Representatives to decide. After John Quincy Adams met with Henry Clay, Clay threw his support to Quincy Adams, who became the sixth president. He subsequently appointed Clay Secretary of State, and the whole affair came to be known as the "Corrupt Bargain." (There is a song about this in the 2010 Broadway musical "Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson.")As a president, John Quincy Adams did not amount to much. He lacked the support of Congress and of the American people, and he was soundly defeated four years later by Jackson. But it was what John Quincy Adams did BEFORE and AFTER his presidency that really mattered. His true calling was as a diplomat and statesman.He was only 12 years old when his father took him to France during the American Revolution, and he subsequently traveled to Russia, Finland, Sweden, Denmark and England. He was fluent in French, Dutch and German, and as a student he mastered Latin and Greek. George Washington appointed him minister to the Netherlands, and he later became a Senator representing Massachusetts. As Secretary of State under Monroe, he secured more territory for the United States, negotiating with France, England, Spain and Russia.After his presidency, he was elected nine times to the House of Representatives from his home district in Massachusetts, and he became an outspoken abolitionist. He clashed with the racist southern Democrats, who tried unsuccessfully to shut him up with a "gag rule." He spearheaded the founding of the Smithsonian Institution. He pushed for more roads, canals and bridges. He encouraged science and advocated observatories for the study of astronomy. Arguing before the Supreme Court, he secured the freedom of African slaves who had revolted aboard the Spanish ship Amistad. He attended every session of Congress. When he was 80 years old, he collapsed on the floor of the House during an important vote and he died right in the Capitol building.He also went swimming, naked, in the Potomac almost every day, and he wrote poetry and kept an extensive diary. He was the first president to be photographed. In that last session of Congress he also met and served alongside a young Abraham Lincoln, who had just been elected from Illinois.
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