John Adams : a life / John Ferling.
Ferling, John E.
1996
E322 .F47 1996 (Mapit)
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Title John Adams : a life / John Ferling.
Author Ferling, John E.
Edition 1st Owl Book ed.
ISBN 0805045767 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
9780805045765 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
Publication Details New York : Henry Holt & Co., 1996.
Language English
Description viii, 535 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number E322 .F47 1996
Dewey Decimal Classification 973.4/4/092 B
Summary Better than any other full-scale biography to date, Ferling's book places Adams in the context of his swirling times and makes clear why he deserves our admiration for his apolitical courage and stubborn independence. John Ferling's masterful John Adams: A Life is the most comprehensive single-volume biography of the man who succeeded George Washington in the presidency and shepherded the fragile new nation through the most dangerous of times. Drawing on extensive research, Ferling depicts a reluctant revolutionary, a leader who was deeply troubled by the warfare that he helped to make, and a fiercely independent statesman.
Note Originally published: Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, 1992.
"An Owl book."
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. [515]-521) and index.
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Love of fame: Vanity is my cardinal vice
Shall I creep or fly?
To thine own self be true
Scene of action
Epocha in history: Tea that bainfull weed
Until our rights are fully restored
We shall do something in time
Oh that I was a soldier!
Total absolute independence
To leave this station with honour
Man of no consequence
My business is peace
Thus drops the curtain
High against America
One man of inflexible integrity: Much to be grateful for
Office of hard labor and severe duty
War is inexpedient
Thunderstruck
Seeds of discontent and division
I still live and enjoy life: Retired hermetical life
Heavy burden to carry.

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