{"product_id":"the-last-american-aristocrat-the-brilliant-life-and-improbable-education-of-henry-adams-paperback","title":"The Last American Aristocrat: The Brilliant Life and Improbable Education of Henry Adams - 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\u003eDavid S. Brown\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \"marvelous...compelling\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e) biography of literary icon Henry Adams--one of America's most prominent writers and intellectuals, who witnessed and contributed to the United States' dramatic transition from a colonial society to a modern nation.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHenry Adams is perhaps the most eclectic, accomplished, and important American writer of his time. His autobiography and modern classic \u003ci\u003eThe Education of Henry Adams\u003c\/i\u003e was widely considered one of the best English-language nonfiction books of the 20th century. The last member of his distinguished family--after great-grandfather John Adams, and grandfather John Quincy Adams--to gain national attention, he is remembered today as an historian, a political commentator, and a memoirist. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow, historian David Brown sheds light on the brilliant yet under-celebrated life of this major American intellectual. Adams not only lived through the Civil War and the Industrial Revolution but he met Abraham Lincoln, bowed before Queen Victoria, and counted Secretary of State John Hay, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, and President Theodore Roosevelt as friends and neighbors. His observations of these powerful men and their policies in his private letters provide a penetrating assessment of Gilded Age America on the cusp of the modern era. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Thoroughly researched and gracefully written\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eThe Last American Aristocrat \u003c\/i\u003edetails Adams's relationships with his wife (Marian \"Clover\" Hooper) and, following her suicide, Elizabeth Cameron, the young wife of a senator and part of the famous Sherman clan from Ohio. Henry Adams's letters--thousands of them--demonstrate his struggles with depression, familial expectations, and reconciling with his unwanted widower's existence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOffering a fresh window on nineteenth century US history, as well as a more \"modern\" and \"human\" Henry Adams than ever before, \u003ci\u003eThe Last American Aristocrat\u003c\/i\u003e is a \"standout portrait of the man and his era\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review).\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid S. Brown teaches history at Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania. He is the author of several books including \u003ci\u003eThe Last American Aristocrat\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eParadise Lost: A Life of F. Scott Fitzgerald\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRichard Hofstadter: An Intellectual Biography\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.25 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 09, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53757320528205,"sku":"9781982128241","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/VjRGOHJzQTZNdEpVSmVLdEVKUzRvUT09.webp?v=1776761246","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/the-last-american-aristocrat-the-brilliant-life-and-improbable-education-of-henry-adams-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}