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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 petition and against a war to expand slavery—that drew a grateful people to salute his coffin in the Capitol and to stand by the railroad tracks as his bier was transported from Washington to Boston.”Nagel probes deeply into the psyche of this cantankerous, misanthropic, erudite, hardworking son of a former president whose remarkable career spanned many offices: minister to Holland, Russia, and England, U.S. senator, secretary of state, president of the United States (1825-1829), and, finally, U.S. representative (the only ex-president to serve in the House). On the basis of a thorough study of Adams'seventy-year diary, among a host of other documents, the author gives us a richer account than we have yet had o

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Author

Nagel, Paul C.

Publisher

Alfred A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House

Published

1997

Language

EN

ISBN

9780679404446

Category

history

Subjects

Political Science, Memoir, Fiction

Rating

3.86 / 5 (4,831 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13