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Book Reviews of John Quincy Adams : A Public Life, A Private Life

John Quincy Adams : A Public Life, A Private Life
John Quincy Adams A Public Life A Private Life
Author: Paul C. Nagel
ISBN-13: 9780679404446
ISBN-10: 0679404449
Publication Date: 9/30/1997
Pages: 432
Rating:
  • Currently 2.5/5 Stars.
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2.5 stars, based on 1 rating
Publisher: Knopf
Book Type: Hardcover
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buzzby avatar reviewed John Quincy Adams : A Public Life, A Private Life on + 6062 more book reviews
Well, I made it through his Harvard graduation, but really, there was too much pedantic letter writing, guilt, and misery for me to stay interested. I had sympathy for him before, since he was the son of his father, but he was waaay too much like his father. I'm going back to reading Jackie Collins and Kenny Stabler.
buzzby avatar reviewed John Quincy Adams : A Public Life, A Private Life on + 6062 more book reviews
It covers his private life more than his public life. It got tedious after a while, his self described sins were always the same, he was rarely happy, even at the time of his marriage. I trudged through until 1820.