David S Brown
Author
Physical Desc
xi, 451 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"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...