Adams on Adams

Book Overview

After more than two hundred years in the shadows of Washington and Jefferson, John Adams enjoys fame as one of our top presidents. Of unprepossessing appearance and feisty temperament, he expressed his personal feelings in copious correspondence and public documents along with two unfinished autobiographies. Paul M. Zall draws from Adams's own letters, diaries, notes and autobiographies to create a fresh portrait. Adams's writings, both public and private, trace his rise from country lawyer to t

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813123070
• ISBN13: 9780813123073
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher