The last American aristocrat : the brilliant life and improbable education of Henry Adams
(Book - Regular Print)
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Published
New York : Scribner, 2020.
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 451 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Status
Prescott Public Library - NF - Nonfiction Books
973.07202 ADAMS
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973.07202 ADAMS
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Prescott Valley Public Library - BIO - Biography Collection
ADAMS, HENRY
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ADAMS, HENRY
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Published
New York : Scribner, 2020.
Format
Book - Regular Print
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-423) and index.
Description
Illuminates the achievements of the nineteenth-century historian, writer, and intellectual, discussing Adams's relationships with political leaders inside and outside of his family and his witness to the dawn of modern America.
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"Henry Adams is perhaps the most eclectic, accomplished, and important American writer of his time. His autobiography and modern classic The Education of Henry Adams was widely considered one of the best English-language nonfiction books of the 20th century. The last member of his distinguished family--after great-grandfather John Adams, and grandfather John Quincy Adams--to gain national attention, he is remembered today as an historian, a political commentator, and a memoirist. Now, historian David Brown sheds light on the brilliant yet under-celebrated life of this major American intellectual. Adams not only lived through the Civil War and the Industrial Revolution but he met Abraham Lincoln, bowed before Queen Victoria, and counted powerful figures, including Secretary of State John Hay, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, and President Theodore Roosevelt as friends and neighbors. His observations of these men and their policies in his private letters provide a penetrating assessment of Gilded Age America on the cusp of the modern era." -- Inside front jacket flap.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Brown, D. S. 1. (2020). The last American aristocrat: the brilliant life and improbable education of Henry Adams (First Scribner hardcover edition.). Scribner.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Brown, David S. 1966-. 2020. The Last American Aristocrat: The Brilliant Life and Improbable Education of Henry Adams. Scribner.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Brown, David S. 1966-. The Last American Aristocrat: The Brilliant Life and Improbable Education of Henry Adams Scribner, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Brown, David S. 1966-. The Last American Aristocrat: The Brilliant Life and Improbable Education of Henry Adams First Scribner hardcover edition., Scribner, 2020.
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