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John Quincy Adams
Contributor(s): Unger, Harlow Giles (Author), Heller, Johnny (Read by)
ISBN: 1470819015     ISBN-13: 9781470819019
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
OUR PRICE:   $94.50  
Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats
Published: September 2012
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Presidents & Heads Of State
Dewey: B
Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.5" W x 6.1" (0.70 lbs)
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 18th Century
- Chronological Period - 1800-1850
 
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Publisher Description:

He fought for Washington, served with Lincoln, witnessed Bunker Hill, and sounded the clarion against slavery on the eve of the Civil War. He negotiated an end to the War of 1812, engineered the annexation of Florida, and won the Supreme Court decision that freed the African captives of La Amistad. He served his nation as minister to six countries, secretary of state, senator, congressman, and president.

John Quincy Adams was all of these things and more. In this masterful biography, award-winning author Harlow Giles Unger reveals Adams as a towering figure in the nation's formative years and one of the most courageous figures in American history-which is why he ranked first in John F. Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize-winning Profiles in Courage.

For this magisterial biography, Unger makes use of a little-known national treasure: John Quincy Adams' diary, started at age ten, giving us an eye-witness account of sixty-five years of critical American history.


Contributor Bio(s): Unger, Harlow Giles: -

Harlow Giles Unger, a former distinguished visiting fellow in American history at George Washington's Mount Vernon, is a veteran journalist, broadcaster, educator, and historian. He is the author of more than twenty books, including several biographies of the Founding Fathers. He has also authored histories of the early Republic as well as numerous books on American education. He lives in New York.

Heller, Johnny: -

Johnny Heller, winner of dozens of AudioFile Earphones Awards, is a two-time winner of the prestigious Audie Award for best narration and was named a top voice of 2008 and 2009 and selected as one of the Top 50 Narrators of the Twentieth Century by AudioFile magazine. He has been a Publishers Weekly Listen-Up Award winner from 2008 through 2013.