Author : John Adams
Publisher :
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 33,33 MB
Release : 2020-06-20
Category :
ISBN : 9789354029875
This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.
Author : Kees de Mooy
Publisher : Citadel Press
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 45,85 MB
Release : 2018-07-31
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 080654001X
The men and women who shaped our world—in their own words. The Wisdom Library invites you on a journey through the lives and works of the world’s greatest thinkers and leaders. Compiled by scholars, each book presents excerpts from the most important and revealing writings of the most remarkable minds of all time. THE WISDOM OF JOHN ADAMS “Straight is the gate and narrow is the way that leads to liberty, and few nations, if any, have found it.” John Adams was America’s second president, first vice president, and a leading revolutionary, yet his remarkable accomplishments have sometimes been overshadowed by his peers, Washington and Jefferson. David McCullough’s Pulitzer Prize-winning biography has helped reestablish Adams as a truly heroic figure in his own right—intelligent, passionate, fiercely patriotic, and staunchly committed to the ideals of the United States. Now The Wisdom of John Adams further reveals—in Adams’ own words—this distinguished leader’s brilliance, foresight, and conviction. Here are excerpts from his greatest speeches and published works, including his oration on independence in the Continental Congress; Thoughts on Government, later the guide for several state constitutions; and his three-volume Defense of the Constitution of the United States. The Wisdom of John Adams also includes a selection of his forthright correspondence, as well as his tender love letters to his wife and strongest ally, Abigail—in all, essential reading for any student of the “American Experiment.”
Author : David McCullough
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 18 pages
File Size : 47,24 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 141657588X
Profiles John Adams, an influential patriot during the American Revolution who became the nation's first vice president and second president.
Author : Fred Kaplan
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 571 pages
File Size : 30,69 MB
Release : 2014-05-06
Category : History
ISBN : 0062199323
“There is much to praise in this extensively researched book, which is certainly one of the finest biographies of a sadly underrated man. . . . [Kaplan is] a master historian and biographer. . . . If he could read this biography, Adams would be satisfied that he had been fairly dealt with at last.” —Carol Berkin, Washington Post In this fresh and illuminating biography, Fred Kaplan, the acclaimed author of Lincoln, brings into focus the dramatic life of John Quincy Adams—the little-known and much-misunderstood sixth president of the United States and the first son of John and Abigail Adams—and reveals how Adams' inspiring, progressive vision guided his life and helped shape the course of America. Kaplan draws on a trove of unpublished archival material to trace Adams' evolution from his childhood during the Revolutionary War to his brilliant years as Secretary of State to his time in the White House and beyond. He examines Adams' myriad sides: the public and private man, the statesman and writer, the wise thinker and passionate advocate, the leading abolitionist and fervent federalist. In these ways, Adams was a predecessor of Lincoln and, later, FDR and Obama. This sweeping biography makes clear how Adams' forward-thinking values, his definition of leadership, and his vision for the nation's future is as much about twenty-first-century America as it is about Adams' own time. Meticulously researched and masterfully written, John Quincy Adams paints a rich portrait of this brilliant leader and his vision for a young nation.
Author : Josh Gregory
Publisher : Bearport Publishing
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 38,64 MB
Release : 2015-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781627245586
Shares information about the second president of the United States, including his role in the American Revolution, his role as vice president to George Washington, and his own presidency.
Author : John Adams
Publisher :
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 15,49 MB
Release : 1776
Category : Constitutional history
ISBN :
Author : John Adams
Publisher : Jazzybee Verlag
Page : 772 pages
File Size : 30,72 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 3849648206
John Adams was the second President of the United States, ruling the country from 1797 to 1801, and one of the Founding Fathers. He was also a major leader of American independence from Great Britain. This is volume four out of ten of his works, this book containing Novanglus, Thoughts on the Government and the first Defence of the Constitution. The text is annotated with more than 380 endnotes.
Author : John Adams
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 36,41 MB
Release : 2013-09
Category :
ISBN : 9781230214511
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1865 edition. Excerpt: ... AUTOBIOGRAPHY. CONTINUED. I Have omitted some things in 1775, which must be inserted.1 On the eighteenth of September, it was resolved in Congress, --"That a secret committee be appointed to contract for the importation and delivery of a quantity of gunpowder, not exceeding five hundred tons. That in case such a quantity of gunpowder cannot be procured, to contract for the importation of so much saltpetre, with a proportionable quantity of sulphur, as with the powder procured will make five hundred tons. That the committee be empowered to contract for the importation of forty brass field pie," six pounders, for ten thousand 6tand of arms, and twenty thousand good plain double-bridled musket locks. "That the said committee be empowered to draw on the treasurer to answer the said contracts, and "That the said committee consist of nine members, any five of whom to be a qnorum.-The membra chosen, Mr. Willing, Mr. Franklin, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Alsop, Mr. Deane, Mr. Dickinson, Mr. Langdon, Mr. McKean, and Mr. Ward." On the eighth of November, on motion, "Resolved, That the secret committee appointed to contract for the importation of arms, ammunition, &c., be empowered to export to the foreign West Indies, on account and risk of the Continent, as much provision or any other produce, (except horned cattle, sheep, hogs, and poultry) as they may deem neeeaary for the importation of arms, ammunition, sulphur, and saltpetre." On Wednesday, November 29th, it was f "Resolved, That a committee of five be appointed for the sole purpose of corresponding with our friends in Great Britain, Ireland, and other parts of the world, and that they lay their correspondence before Congress when directed. See the Journals of Congress for 1775, p. 238....
Author : David A. Adler
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,58 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Picture books for children
ISBN : 9780823420070
A simple, illustrated biography of one of America's most famous couples.
Author : John Adams
Publisher : Gale Ecco, Print Editions
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 28,64 MB
Release : 2018-04-22
Category :
ISBN : 9781385192740
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Rich in titles on English life and social history, this collection spans the world as it was known to eighteenth-century historians and explorers. Titles include a wealth of travel accounts and diaries, histories of nations from throughout the world, and maps and charts of a world that was still being discovered. Students of the War of American Independence will find fascinating accounts from the British side of conflict. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ Harvard University Houghton Library N000521 Vols.2-3 have imprint: printed for C. Dilly; and John Stockdale. Vol.3 dated 1788. London: printed for C. Dilly, 1787-1788. 3v.; 8°
