The last American aristocrat : the brilliant life and improbable education of Henry Adams / David S....
The last American aristocrat : the brilliant life and improbable education of Henry Adams / David S....
The last American aristocrat : the brilliant life and improbable education of Henry Adams / David S. Brown.
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Publisher
New York : Scribner, 2020.
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G 2021/0368
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Language
English
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Physical content
xi, 451 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction -- Preface: Back to Beverly -- Becoming Henry Adams. Inheritance ; Education ; Illusions ; Boston ; Washington -- Performing Henry Adams. Flight ; Fury ; Dynamo ; Resonance.
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Publisher
New York : Scribner, 2020.
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2020.
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Summary
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.
"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 grandf...
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The last American aristocrat : the brilliant life and improbable education of Henry Adams / David S. Brown.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-423) and index.
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G 2021/0368
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74VKaOBkagZl
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ISBN
1982128232
9781982128234
DDC
973.07202
MMS ID
991024381111502626
