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The education of Henry Adams (Riverside editions) by with an introd. and notes by Ernest Samuels. Jayne N. Samuels, assistant editor is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

What is The education of Henry Adams (Riverside editions) about?

The Education of Henry Adams is the autobiography of the Bostonian Henry Adams. As he approached his seventieth birthday when "the mind wakes to find itself looking blankly into the void of death," Adams wrote and privately printed 100 copies of his "Education", a reflection on the incredible events of the 19th century. Adams meditates on his sense of disorientation with the scientific and technological expansion over his lifetime. After his death the book was commercially published, going on to become a best-seller and to win the Pulitzer Prize.

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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
with an introd. and notes by Ernest Samuels. Jayne N. Samuels, assistant editor
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Published
1973
Language
EN
ISBN
9780395166208
Category
history
Subjects
Memoir, Fiction, Education
Rating
3.7 / 5 (18 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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