John Adams: Second U.S. President (Revolutionary War Leaders)

Burgan, Michael

ISBN 10: 0791059707 ISBN 13: 9780791059708

Publisher: Chelsea House Pub, 2000

Synopsis

Describes the Massachusetts lawyer who helped write the Declaration of Independence and request help from other countries in America's fight against Britain, and later became the new nation's second president.

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About the Author:

John Patrick Diggins is distinguished professor of history at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He is the author of numerous books, including On Hallowed Ground, The Proud Decades, The Lost Soul of American Politics, The Rise and Fall of the American Left, and Max Weber: Politics and the Spirit of Tragedy. He lives in New York City.

From AudioFile:

Our second president has captured the interest of many in the past several years due primarily to distinguished historian David McCullough's masterful biography, also titled JOHN ADAMS (2001). Diggins's smaller work, an entry in The American Presidents series, under the editorship of Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., is short on biography and long on political philosophy. Adams was a tireless writer, and Diggins sees his politics as studied, coherent, and consistent, unlike those of Thomas Jefferson, a leader whom Diggins strongly criticizes. Richard Rohan has the thankless task of bringing to life a dry narrative in which personality is scarcely featured. He contents himself with a straightforward reading. D.R.W. © AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Chelsea House Pub
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0791059707
• ISBN 13: 9780791059708
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 80
• Editor: Schlesinger Arthur Meier