Nagel, Paul C.
Descent from glory four generations of the John Adams family Paul C. Nagel - New York Oxford University Press 1983 - 400 p.
"The history of my family is not a pleasant one ..." --
Beginnings --
Growing up --
Courtships --
Disappointments --
Marriages --
Quincy --
Washington --
Charles Francis --
Satisfaction --
Another generation --
London --
Struggles --
Tragedy --
Memory --
Charles --
Henry --
Brooks --
Endings --
Postscript.
Family history of John Adams (1735-1826), second president of the United States, and of his wife, Abigail Smith, and of their descendants to the fourth generation--using family letters and diaries not available earlier. Charles Francis Adams, a grandson, said: "The history of my family is not a pleasant one to remember. It is one of great triumphs in the world but of deep groans within, one of extraordinary brilliancy and deep corroding mortification.".
66344
0195031725
9780195031720
Adams family
Adams, John 1735-1826
Hooper
Johnson
Lodge
Quincy
Presidents --United States
Presidents Family --United States
973.44092 Nag 15
Descent from glory four generations of the John Adams family Paul C. Nagel - New York Oxford University Press 1983 - 400 p.
"The history of my family is not a pleasant one ..." --
Beginnings --
Growing up --
Courtships --
Disappointments --
Marriages --
Quincy --
Washington --
Charles Francis --
Satisfaction --
Another generation --
London --
Struggles --
Tragedy --
Memory --
Charles --
Henry --
Brooks --
Endings --
Postscript.
Family history of John Adams (1735-1826), second president of the United States, and of his wife, Abigail Smith, and of their descendants to the fourth generation--using family letters and diaries not available earlier. Charles Francis Adams, a grandson, said: "The history of my family is not a pleasant one to remember. It is one of great triumphs in the world but of deep groans within, one of extraordinary brilliancy and deep corroding mortification.".
66344
0195031725
9780195031720
Adams family
Adams, John 1735-1826
Hooper
Johnson
Lodge
Quincy
Presidents --United States
Presidents Family --United States
973.44092 Nag 15