U.S. Politics & Government - 1607 - 1811, Presidents of the United States - Biography, United States History - General & Miscellaneous, American Revolution - Politics & Government, Revolutionaries - Biography, 19th Century American History - Politics & Go
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Overview
The rare man who can sift the unchanging out of a constantly changing world is a man for the ages. John Adams, philosopher of the Revolution and early America, and participant in many of the major events of that period, strove to find universal patterns in the lives of all men. His life and ideas are as pertinent to our time as they were to his own. We still ponder the nature of the unbreakable bond between liberty and law. As did Adams, we question how to relate the goal of freedom to the authority necessary in political society.Editorials
From the Publisher
"John Adams is more than a simple biography of the American Founding Father, philosopher of the Revolution, and second President of the United States. Highly recommended, especially for political science and philosophy shelves." – Wisconsin Bookwatch “Burleigh gives us a warm, sensitive study of John Adams in the many roles he played during his eventful life: student, lawyer, polemicist, founding father, diplomat, president, husband and father. His own brilliance and the events of the times in which he lived combined to offer him the knowledge and fame he sought. Burleigh’s new introduction explains our continuing interest in this central figure of the early years of the American Republic.” – DePauw MagazineBook Details
Published
June 13, 1969
Publisher
Arlington House
Pages
437
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780870000522