![]() ![]() Unger makes use of many years of JQA’s diaries and expertly dissects intricate political and (potentially confusing) family relationships. The reader comes to know John Quincy Adams intimately as a son, father, statesman, and patriot…The individuals encountered in the narrative are familiar, but-in the best tradition of David McCullough’s biographies-the pace and plotting pull readers forward even though they may know the ending. “Spare prose clarifies the overview of political complications and intricate family dynamics, revealing Adams as a historically overlooked yet key transitional figure who witnessed the birth of the nation and endured its nearly irreparable geographic squabbles of the 1840s.” Overweeningly intelligent, clever, headstrong, insecure, brave, and insightful Adams comes close to becoming an inspiring character…Unger makes him seem as ![]()
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