Mr. Adams's Last Crusade

John Quincy Adams's Extraordinary Post-Presidential Life in Congress

Biography & Memoir, Political, Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States
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Author: Joseph Wheelan ISBN: 9780786744954
Publisher: PublicAffairs Publication: February 24, 2009
Imprint: PublicAffairs Language: English
Author: Joseph Wheelan
ISBN: 9780786744954
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Publication: February 24, 2009
Imprint: PublicAffairs
Language: English

When John Quincy Adams-the sixty-three-year-old former president, U.S. senator, secretary of state, and diplomat-was elected to the House of Representatives by his Massachusetts neighbors, he embarked on a spectacular late-life career.

He became Congress's most acerbic and influential critic of slavery as well as a tireless proponent for human freedoms and First Amendment rights. This remarkable congressional career utterly transformed him, the public's perception of him, and his legacy-in many ways redeeming his failed presidency. Mr. Adams's Last Crusade renders an insightful portrait of a man who placed his country above politics.

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When John Quincy Adams-the sixty-three-year-old former president, U.S. senator, secretary of state, and diplomat-was elected to the House of Representatives by his Massachusetts neighbors, he embarked on a spectacular late-life career.

He became Congress's most acerbic and influential critic of slavery as well as a tireless proponent for human freedoms and First Amendment rights. This remarkable congressional career utterly transformed him, the public's perception of him, and his legacy-in many ways redeeming his failed presidency. Mr. Adams's Last Crusade renders an insightful portrait of a man who placed his country above politics.

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