{"product_id":"the-education-of-henry-adams-an-autobiography-paperback","title":"The Education of Henry Adams: An Autobiography - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHenry Adams\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eEdmund Morris\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSelected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'I cannot remember when I was not fascinated by Henry Adams, ' said Gore Vidal. 'He was remarkably prescient about the coming horrors.' \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e His political ideals shaped by two presidential ancestors--great-grandfather John Adams and grandfather John Quincy Adams--Henry Adams was one of the most powerful and original minds to confront the American scene from the Civil War to the First World War. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Printed privately in 1907 and published to wide acclaim shortly after the author\u0026amp;'s death in 1918, The Education of Henry Adams is a brilliant, idiosyncratic blend of autobiography and history that charts the great transformation in American life during the so-called Gilded Age. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With an introduction by renowned historian Edmund Morris.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e'I cannot remember when I was not fascinated by Henry Adams, ' said Gore Vidal. 'He was remarkably prescient about the coming horrors.' \u003cbr\u003eHis political ideals shaped by two presidential ancestors--great-grandfather John Adams and grandfather John Quincy Adams--Henry Adams was one of the most powerful and original minds to confront the American scene from the Civil War to the First World War. \u003cbr\u003ePrinted privately in 1907 and published to wide acclaim shortly after the author\u0026amp;'s death in 1918, The Education of Henry Adams is a brilliant, idiosyncratic blend of autobiography and history that charts the great transformation in American life during the so-called Gilded Age. \u003cbr\u003eWith an introduction by renowned historian Edmund Morris.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in 1838 into the family of John Adams and John Quincy Adams, \u003cb\u003eHenry Adams\u003c\/b\u003e had the opportunity to pursue a wide-ranging variety of intellectual interests during the course of his life. Functioning both in the world of practical men and affairs (as a journalist and an assistant to his father, Charles Francis Adams), and in the world of ideas (as a prolific writer, the editor of the prestigious \u003ci\u003eNorth American Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and a professor of medieval, European, and American history at Harvard), Adams was one of the few men of his era who attempted to understand art, thought, culture, and history as one complex force field of interacting energies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdmund Morris\u003c\/b\u003e was born and educated in Kenya and went to college in South Africa. He worked as an advertising copywriter in London before immigrating to the United States in 1968. His first book, \u003ci\u003eThe Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, \u003c\/i\u003ewon the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award in 1980. Its sequel, \u003ci\u003eTheodore Rex, \u003c\/i\u003ewon the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Award for Biography in 2002. In between these two books, Morris became President Reagan's authorized biographer, and published the national bestseller \u003ci\u003eDutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan\u003c\/i\u003e. More recently he has written \u003ci\u003eBeethoven: The Universal Composer \u003c\/i\u003eand completed his Theodore Roosevelt trilogy with \u003ci\u003eColonel Roosevelt.\u003c\/i\u003e Edmund Morris lives in New York City and Kent, Connecticut, with his wife and fellow biographer, Sylvia Jukes Morris.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 517\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 11, 1999\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51987460522285,"sku":"9780679640103","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/NDZmaDlWaUN0bklZYWRtVTBLUEVmQT09.webp?v=1776178839","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-education-of-henry-adams-an-autobiography-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}