The Resource The last American aristocrat : the brilliant life and improbable education of Henry Adams, David S. Brown
The last American aristocrat : the brilliant life and improbable education of Henry Adams, David S. Brown
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- Summary
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- 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 grandfather John Quincy Adams—to gain national attention, he is remembered today as an historian, a political commentator, and a memoirist. Now, historian David Brown sheds light on the brilliant yet under-celebrated life of this major American intellectual. Adams not only lived through the Civil War and the Industrial Revolution but he met Abraham Lincoln, bowed before Queen Victoria, and counted powerful figures, including Secretary of State John Hay, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, and President Theodore Roosevelt as friends and neighbors. His observations of these men and their policies in his private letters provide a penetrating assessment of Gilded Age America on the cusp of the modern era." -- Inside front jacket flap
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Extent
- xi, 451 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781982128234
- Label
- The last American aristocrat : the brilliant life and improbable education of Henry Adams
- Title
- The last American aristocrat
- Title remainder
- the brilliant life and improbable education of Henry Adams
- Statement of responsibility
- David S. Brown
- Language
- eng
- 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 grandfather John Quincy Adams—to gain national attention, he is remembered today as an historian, a political commentator, and a memoirist. Now, historian David Brown sheds light on the brilliant yet under-celebrated life of this major American intellectual. Adams not only lived through the Civil War and the Industrial Revolution but he met Abraham Lincoln, bowed before Queen Victoria, and counted powerful figures, including Secretary of State John Hay, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, and President Theodore Roosevelt as friends and neighbors. His observations of these men and their policies in his private letters provide a penetrating assessment of Gilded Age America on the cusp of the modern era." -- Inside front jacket flap
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- NjBwBT
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1966-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Brown, David S.
- Dewey number
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- 973.072/02
- B
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E175.5.A2
- LC item number
- B76 2020
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Adams, Henry
- Historians
- Authors, American
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The last American aristocrat : the brilliant life and improbable education of Henry Adams, David S. Brown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-423) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1206358215
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Extent
- xi, 451 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781982128234
- Lccn
- bl2020046860
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1206358215
- Label
- The last American aristocrat : the brilliant life and improbable education of Henry Adams, David S. Brown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-423) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1206358215
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Extent
- xi, 451 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781982128234
- Lccn
- bl2020046860
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1206358215
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