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Henry Adams - A Biography (Hardcover)
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Henry Adams - A Biography (Hardcover)
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His great grandfather and his grandfather had been presidents of
the United States, and to a small boy this seemed a matter of
course in his family. But Henry Adams, belonging to a later
generation, coming to maturity at the time of the Civil War, found
himself in an age uncongenial to the leadership of such men as his
ancestors. In the changing world of the late nineteenth century and
early twentieth century, Adams found his rightful place as an
observer and critic rather than a participant in public life. But
no time and no country ever had a keener mind to take note of the
comic and tragic qualities embedded in the political, economic, and
human drama upon which he gazed. And his writings appeal timelessly
in their incisive wit, their warm charm, and in the way they speak
to us of a very individual personality. When Stevenson's book first
appeared, the New York Times called it 'One of the noteable
biographies of recent years,' and it won the Bancroft Prize that
year. It remains an engrossing portrait of a remarkable man.It is
good to take note of the sage he became in his late, great books:
Mont-St. Michel and Chartres and The Education of Henry Adams. This
biography explains how Henry Adams became the man both admired and
feared in his later years. He was first a bright, unformed young
man who was a diplomatic assistant to his father; then an ambitious
journalist, a writer of several 'sensational' newspaper and
magazine articles. Next he became a provocative and innovative
teacher, and a historian unequalled in his presentation of the
Jeffersonian period. Until his wife's tragic death, he was a
willing actor on the social scene of his beloved Washington, D.C.
Throughout, he remained a friend and instigator of the careers of
friends in artistic and scientific fields. His writings speak to us
still and seem contemporary in their tone as well as their view of
cycles of culture and their warnings of decline and achievement.
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