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John Quincy Adams: A Public Life, a Private Life
by Nagel, Paul C
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0674479408
- ISBN 13
- 9780674479401
- Seller
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About This Item
Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Harvard University Press, 1999. First Thus 2nd Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stated First Harvard University Press Paperback Edition/Second Printing (2000). Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Pictorial Black Wraps With White And Gold Lettering. John Quincy Adams Was Raised, Educated, And Groomed To Be President, Following In The Footsteps Of His Father, John. At Fourteen He Was Secretary To The Minister To Russia And, Later, Was Himself Minister To The Netherlands And Prussia. He Was U.S. Senator, Secretary Of State, And Then President For One Ill-Fated Term. His Private Life Showed A Parallel Descent. He Was A Poet, Writer, Critic, And Professor Of Oratory At Harvard. He Married A Talented And Engaging Southerner, But Two Of His Three Sons Were Disappointments. This Polymath And Troubled Man, Caught Up In Both A Democratic Age Not To His Understanding And The Furies Of Passion, Was An American Lion In Winter - Back Panel.
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- Bookseller
- Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 044182
- Title
- John Quincy Adams: A Public Life, a Private Life
- Author
- Nagel, Paul C
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus 2nd Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0674479408
- ISBN 13
- 9780674479401
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1999
- Pages
- 432
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Adams, John Quincy, - 1767-1848; Presidents - United States - Biography. Presidents & Heads of State
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Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
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Woodlawn, Illinois
About Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
I have a small inventory of about 23,000 titles. I sell from my own property and only on-line. I started selling on line in 1999. This is my Fourth year with Biblio.