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Passionate Sage - The Character and Legacy of John Adams (Hardcover, New)
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Passionate Sage - The Character and Legacy of John Adams (Hardcover, New)
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John Adams, one of the Founding Fathers of our nation and its
second president, spent nearly the last third of his life in
retirement grappling with contradictory views of his place in
history and fearing his reputation would not fare well in the
generations after his death. In an incomplete autobiography, and in
numerous publications and voluminous correspondence with Thomas
Jefferson and many others, he argued and railed against those who
disagreed with him or made little of his contribution to our
country's political foundations. And indeed, future generations did
slight him, elevating Jefferson and Madison to lofty heights with
Washington while Adams remained way back in the second tier. Now,
in a witty, clear, and thoughtful narrative of Adams's later life
at his home in Quincy, Joseph Ellis explores the mind and
personality of the man as well as the earlier events that shaped
his thinking. Readers will discover Adams to be both contentious
and lovable, generous and petty, and the most intellectually
profound of the revolutionary generation, a man who may have
contributed to the earlier underestimates of his role in history,
and whose perspective on America's prospects has relevance for us
today.
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