The Portable John AdamsIn addition to being an uncompromising defender of liberty, esteemed diplomat, and successor to George Washington, John Adams was a passionate and prolific writer. Adams biographer John Patrick Diggins gathers an impressive variety of his works in this compact, original volume, including parts of his diary and autobiography, and selections from his rich correspondence with this wife, Abigail, Thomas Jefferson, and others. The Portable John Adams also features his most important political works: “A Dissertation on Canon and Feudal Law,” “Thoughts on Government,” “A Defense of Constitutions,” “Novanglus,” and “Discources in Davila.” There is no finer introduction to the protean genius of this seminal American philosopher. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |
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... letters, some written during a storm on the high seas crossing the Atlantic on his way to a diplomatic post. Easily provoked, Adams usually wrote in response to the published ideas of another author. The slightest observation by Thomas ...
... letters, some written during a storm on the high seas crossing the Atlantic on his way to a diplomatic post. Easily provoked, Adams usually wrote in response to the published ideas of another author. The slightest observation by Thomas ...
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... letter writer, the wife of one president and the mother of another, although she passed away years before her son took office in 1825. The correspondence between Abigail and John testifies to a relationship rich in personal affection ...
... letter writer, the wife of one president and the mother of another, although she passed away years before her son took office in 1825. The correspondence between Abigail and John testifies to a relationship rich in personal affection ...
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... letter to his grandsons in 1811, he wrote that he would rather see them “worthy shoemakers than secretary of states or treasury acquired by libels in newspapers.” Adams was referring to former secretary of state Jefferson and former ...
... letter to his grandsons in 1811, he wrote that he would rather see them “worthy shoemakers than secretary of states or treasury acquired by libels in newspapers.” Adams was referring to former secretary of state Jefferson and former ...
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... letter came out as a preface encouraging Americans to read Paine's book as an answer “to the political heresies which had of late sprung up among us.” Most Americans knew Jefferson had Vice President Adams in mind. Toward the end of the ...
... letter came out as a preface encouraging Americans to read Paine's book as an answer “to the political heresies which had of late sprung up among us.” Most Americans knew Jefferson had Vice President Adams in mind. Toward the end of the ...
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... letter to John Taylor: Here, sir, I will appeal to yourself. A young man appears. You ask of the bystanders who he is? The answer is, “I do not know.” “No matter; let him go.” Another appears,—“Who is he?” The answer is, “The son of ...
... letter to John Taylor: Here, sir, I will appeal to yourself. A young man appears. You ask of the bystanders who he is? The answer is, “I do not know.” “No matter; let him go.” Another appears,—“Who is he?” The answer is, “The son of ...
Contents
DIARY AND AUTOBIOGRAPHY | |
CORRESPONDENCE OF JOHN AND ABIGAIL ADAMS Chapter 3 EARLIEST WRITINGS | |
A DISSERTATION ON CANON AND FEUDAL LAW Chapter 5 THOUGHTS ON GOVERNMENT Chapter 6NOVANGLUS Chapter 7 A DEFEN... | |
DISCOURSES ON DAVILA Chapter 9 CORRESPONDENCE WITH ROGER SHERMAN AND JOHN TAYLOR | |
CORRESPONDENCE OF JOHN AND ABIGAIL ADAMS WITH THOMAS JEFFERSON | |
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