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John Quincy Adams

Militant Spirit

by James Traub

2016 620 pages eng

From the Introduction... Adams was also a hard man. He did not aim to please, and he largely succeeded. He drove away many of his old friends and offended most of his onetime allies. He frightened his children and exasperated his long-suffering wife, Louisa. He was that rare politician who is hap…

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