03954cam a2200349 i 4500 1427086945 TxAuBib 20240725120000.0 231109s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023038729 9780593187241 HRD 45.00 0593187245 HRD 45.00 TxAuBib rda Woods, Randall Bennett, 1944-, author. John Quincy Adams [BOOK] : a man for the whole people / Randall Woods. [New York] : Dutton, [2024] x, 772 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 703-748) and index. The Adamses of Braintree -- Innocence Abroad -- Revolutionary Diplomacy -- Paris -- Harvard -- Law and First Love -- Taking the Stage -- A Diplomatic Education -- Louisa -- Berlin and the XYZ Affair -- The Election of 1800 -- "A Foolish Consistency . . ."-- Cicero's Acolyte -- The Russian Assignment -- Alexander -- The Republic in Peril -- War -- Ghent -- A Winter Odyssey -- Minister to the Court of St. James -- Secretary of State -- The Politics of Empire -- The Transcontinental Treaty -- Empire and Slavery -- The Holy Alliance -- Political Caballing -- The Monroe Doctrine -- The Election of 1824 -- "Liberty is Power" -- Under Siege -- The Election of 1828 -- Thwarted Ambitions -- Congressman Adams -- "The great and foul stain on the Union" -- The "GagRule" -- Texas -- The Amistad Affair -- The Censure Fight -- The Price of Empire. "Historian Randall B. Woods peels back the many layers of John Quincy’s long life, exposing a rich and complicated family saga and a political legacy that transformed the American Republic. Born the first son of John and Abigail Adams, he was pressured to follow in his father’s footsteps in both law and politics. His boyhood was spent amid the furor of the American Revolution, and as a teen he assisted his father on diplomatic missions in Europe, hobnobbing with monarchs and statesmen, dining with Ben Franklin, sitting by Voltaire at the opera. He received a world-class education, becoming fluent in Latin, Greek, German, and French. His astonishing intellect and poise would lead to a diplomatic career of his own, in which he'd help solidify his fledgling nation’s standing in the world. He was intertwined with every famous American of his day, from Washington to Jefferson, Madison and Monroe, Jackson, Calhoun, Clay, and Webster. He was on stage, frequently front and center, during the Revolutionary Era, the fractious birth of American party politics, the War of 1812, the Era of Good Feelings, and the peak of Continental Expansion. It was against this backdrop that he served as an ambassador, senator, secretary of state, and, unhappily, as president. The driving force behind both the Transcontinental Treaty and the Monroe Doctrine, this champion of Manifest Destiny spent the last years of his life fighting against the annexation of Texas because it would facilitate the spread of slavery. This volume delves into John Quincy’s intellectual pursuits and political thought; his loving, yet at times strained, marriage to Louisa Catherine Johnson, whom he met in London; his troubling relationships with his three sons; and his fiery post-presidency rebirth in Congress as he became the chamber’s most vocal opponent of slavery.". 20240725. Adams, John Quincy 1767-1848. Adams family. Statesmen United States Biography. Founding Fathers of the United States Biography. Presidents United States Biography. Biographies. United States Politics and government 1783-1865.