| Passionate Sage: The Character and Legacy of John Adams Contributor(s): Ellis, Joseph J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393034798 ISBN-13: 9780393034790 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $47.45 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 1993 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Presidents & Heads Of State |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 92039866 |
| Lexile Measure: 1500 |
| Physical Information: 1.06" H x 5.73" W x 8.79" (1.12 lbs) 284 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A fresh look at this astute, likably quirky statesman, by the author of the Pulitzer Award-winning Founding Brothers and the National Book Award winning American Sphinx. The most lovable and most laughable, the warmest and possibly the wisest of the founding fathers, John Adams knew himself as few men do and preserved his knowledge in a voluminous correspondence that still resonates. Ellis has used it with great skill and perception not only to bring us the man, warts and all, but more importantly to reveal his extraordinary insights into the problems confronting the founders that resonate today in the republic they created.--Edmund S. Morgan, Sterling Professor of History Emeritus, Yale University. |
Contributor Bio(s): Ellis, Joseph J.: - Joseph J. Ellis is professor emeritus of History at Mount Holyoke College and author of the National Book Award-winning American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Founding Brothers, and Passionate Sage. |