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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. 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.
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- Title Henry Adams: A Biography
- Author Elizabeth Stevenson
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 410
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Routledge
- Date 1997-01
- Features Bibliography, Index
- ISBN 9781560009191 / 1560009195
- Weight 1.2 lbs (0.54 kg)
- Dimensions 9.02 x 6.03 x 1.06 in (22.91 x 15.32 x 2.69 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Historians - United States - Biography, Adams, Henry
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 96030672
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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