John Quincy Adams: The American Presidents
by Robert V Remini
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good +
- ISBN 10
- 0805069399
- ISBN 13
- 9780805069396
- Seller
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About This Item
This book is in very good condition. There is little to no wear on the front, back, edges, and spine of the cover boards. There is no bumping or fraying. The pages are white, crisp, and clear of any markings.
"Toward the end of the presidential campaign of 1824, John Quincy Adams, one of the four candidates for the office, left his duties as secretary of state in Washington and returned to his home in Quincy, Massachusetts, there to roam around the cemetery and look at tombstones of his ancestors and meditate on the past and future. He walked among the graves of the four generations of his father's family. He singled out the tomb of Henry Adams, the first to come from England and settle in Braintree, now Quincy, around 1640; then there was Joseph Adams, Sr., and his wife Abagail Baxter, and Joseph Adams, Jr., and his second wife, Hannah Bass...." - Chapter One from John Quincy Adams: The American Presidents
"Toward the end of the presidential campaign of 1824, John Quincy Adams, one of the four candidates for the office, left his duties as secretary of state in Washington and returned to his home in Quincy, Massachusetts, there to roam around the cemetery and look at tombstones of his ancestors and meditate on the past and future. He walked among the graves of the four generations of his father's family. He singled out the tomb of Henry Adams, the first to come from England and settle in Braintree, now Quincy, around 1640; then there was Joseph Adams, Sr., and his wife Abagail Baxter, and Joseph Adams, Jr., and his second wife, Hannah Bass...." - Chapter One from John Quincy Adams: The American Presidents
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- Bookseller
- Revue & Revalued Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 543
- Title
- John Quincy Adams
- Author
- Robert V Remini
- Format/Binding
- The binding is tight and solid.
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0805069399
- ISBN 13
- 9780805069396
- Publisher
- Times Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- August, 2002
- Keywords
- Christian, Values, Continental Congress, Secretary of State, President, Morals
- Bookseller catalogs
- Religion; American History/Presidents;
- Size
- Crown Octavo
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