A man's twenty-seventh year is "critical," according to Charles Francis Adams. And so his proved. Twenty-five at the start of these volumes, Adams had yet to embark on the public career that would mark him a statesman, but by their conclusion he had been drawn into the maelstrom of politics. It was an unwilling plunge, dictated by what both he and ...
In these volumes the second decade of the sixty-year "diary of Charles Francis Adams," the third of the family's statesmen, is begun. As was true of the two earlier volumes of the Diary, the section appearing here has not before reached print. Covering the period from Adams' marriage in September '829 to the end of 832, these volumes record th ...
"North American Range Plants" has established itself as an essential source in the identification of important range plants. The fifth edition, which includes fifteen new plants, reflects increased interest in wetland plants as well as changes in nomenclature and refinement of distribution information. The two hundred plants described were ...
'It is of course a familiar tribute to this enterprise to say that it disinters John Adams the man who gives him a place in history at last equal to that of any other Founding Father. In fact by publishing the family letters as a distinct series the editors enhance still more the vigorous personalities, human reactions, and often vehement opinions ...
"The Adams Family Correspondence," Mr. Butterfield writes, "is an unbroken record of the changing modes of domestic life, religious views and habits, travel, dress, servants, food, schooling, reading, health and medical care, diversions, and every other conceivable aspect of manners and taste among the members of a substantial New England family ...
In these volumes the second decade of the sixty-year "diary of Charles Francis Adams," the third of the family's statesmen, is begun. As was true of the two earlier volumes of the Diary, the section appearing here has not before reached print. Covering the period from Adams' marriage in September '829 to the end of 832, these volumes record th ...
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Atheneum
Date Published: 1967
Description: Like New. 1st Atheneum edition. Volume II only-July 1825-September 1829 & Index. Spine uncreased, covers unbent with some shelf rubbing. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Princeton University Library
Date Published: 1953
Description: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Decorative paper wrapped boards; black cloth spine with gold spine titles; mild edge wear; no jacket. Owner's name on free front endpaper; interior is clean and unmarked; 99 pages. read more
Binding: Unknown Binding
Publisher: Princeton University Library
Date Published: 1953
Description: Very Good. A GREAT BOOK IN VERY GOOD SHAPE THIS IS A FORMER REFERENCE LIBRARY COPY MEANING IT WAS NEVER USED BASICLY BUT WITH THE USUAL LIB COPY MARKINGS ON BOOK BUY WITH CONFIDENCE 100% SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Belknap Press of Harvard University
Date Published: 1963
Description: Good. No Jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; Good condition. No markings. Tight binding and good hinges. I only list books I own. Not a mega lister-an old guy who lives in the Virginia mountains, loves books, grows his own garden and reads a great deal. -Dick Haynes. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Atheneum
Date Published: 1963
Description: Very Good. Covers scuffed, else a clean, tight copy.; Adams Family Correspondence Series II, Volume I; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 424 pages. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Richmond, VA: The William Byrd Press, May 1953.
Description: -Octavo, softcover bound in printed brown wraps & sewn with brown cord. The wraps are slightly bumped & rubbed with rippling to the bottom edge of the rear wrap. vii & 17 pages. Near fine. First edition. A lengthy introduction by L. H. Butterfield recounts the background to the letter, in which St, George Tucker takes Morse to task for his "highly unfavorable account of manners and morals in Williamsburg" in his "American Universal Geograpjhy". read more
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