First son and president: a story about John Quincy Adams
(2006)
By:
Gherman, Beverly
Nonfiction
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PUBLISHED
[United States] : Lerner Publishing Group : Made available through hoopla, 2006
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource
ISBN/ISSN
9780822563457 (electronic bk.) MWT11773762, 0822563452 (electronic bk.) 11773762
LANGUAGE
English
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America’%x;s sixth president and son of America’%x;s second president, John Quincy Adams lived an extraordinary life. Beginning as a young boy as secretary for his father during the peace talks that ended the Revolutionary War, Adams served his country as a diplomat, state senator, secretary of state, the president, and as a representative in congress. Through his many speeches, essays, books, and written reports, Adams helped shape America. Today, he is remembered as a great statesman, a scholar, and a poet, just as he hoped he would be
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