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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This biography introduces readers to John Quincy Adams his political career as a Massachusetts state senator, US senator, US secretary of state, minister to the Netherlands, Prussia, Russia, and Great Britain, and US president extending the Cumberland Road into Ohio. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A brilliant combination of literary analysis and historical detail, this masterfully written biography of the much misunderstood sixth president of the United States reveals the many sides of this forward-thinking man whose progressive vision helped shape the course of America.
Author
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This is a biography of the sixth president of the United States, John Quincy Adams, focusing on his lifetime of public service, including his years in the Senate and House of Representatives and his time in foreign service.
Author
Publisher
Child's World
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A thorough, illustrated biography discussing Adams's childhood, his career, his family, and his term as the sixth president of the United States. Includes a table of contents, time line, phonetic glossary, sources for further research, an index, and detailed captions and sidebars to aid in comprehension.
Author
Series
Encyclopedia of presidents volume 6
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
A biography of the sixth president of the United States, providing information on his childhood, education, family, political career, time as president, and legacy.
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Why has John Quincy Adams been largely written out of American history when he is, in fact, our lost Founding Father?Long relegated to the sidelines of history as the hyperintellectual son of John and Abigail Adams, John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), has never basked in the historical spotlight. Remembered, if at all, as an ineffective president during an especially rancorous time, Adams was humiliated in office after the contested election of 1824, viciously...
Author
Publisher
Da Capo Press
Language
English
Description
He fought for Washington, served with Lincoln, witnessed Bunker Hill, and sounded the clarion against slavery on the eve of the Civil War. He negotiated an end to the War of 1812, engineered the annexation of Florida, and won the Supreme Court decision that freed the African captives of The Amistad. He served his nation as minister to six countries, secretary of state, senator, congressman, and president. John Quincy Adams was all of these things...
Author
Publisher
Winslow Press
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Between 1825 and 1827, twelve-year-old William Pratt, who lives in Georgia, corresponds with President John Quincy Adams, discussing what he feels is an unjust treaty with the Creek Indians, Mr. Adams's close election and problems as president, slavery, education, and more.
Author
Publisher
Times Books/H. Holt
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the life of sixth American president John Quincy Adams, examining the successes and failures of his political career and discussing such topics as the removal of Native Americans from Georgia and Adams's nine consecutive terms in the House of Representatives.
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