The Education of Henry Adams: Modern Library
by Henry Adams
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+++
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About This Item
An autobiography of Henry Brooks Adams. A great traveler taking him all over this country, Mexico, the West Indies, Egypt and Japan, as well as others. His great grandfather was John Adams and his grandfather being John Quincy Adams, US President, and his father, Charles Francis Adams, Minister to England. Henry lived his final days in Washington, where, in Clarkston, Washington, a high school has been named for him - the Charles Francis Adams High School. **A high school that I proudly graduated from in 1983!**
Synopsis
The Education of Henry Adams is the autobiography of the Bostonian Henry Adams. As he approached his seventieth birthday when "the mind wakes to find itself looking blankly into the void of death," Adams wrote and privately printed 100 copies of his "Education", a reflection on the incredible events of the 19th century. Adams meditates on his sense of disorientation with the scientific and technological expansion over his lifetime. After his death the book was commercially published, going on to become a best-seller and to win the Pulitzer Prize.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Timeless Words (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 307
- Title
- The Education of Henry Adams
- Author
- Henry Adams
- Format/Binding
- Intact
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+++
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1946
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Antique, History, Autobiography, Adams
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