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Heirs of an Honored Name: The Decline of the Adams Family and the Rise of Modern America

by Douglas Egerton

An enthralling chronicle of the American nineteenth century told through the unraveling of the nation’s first political dynasty John and Abigail Adams founded a famous political family, but they would not witness its calamitous fall from grace. When John Quincy Adams died in 1848, so began the slow decline of the family’s political legacy.

Publisher

Basic Books

Publication date

2019

Format

Print edition

Pages

480

ISBN

9780465093885