Briefly examines the life and legacy of U.S. president John Adams and what he accomplished during his presidential term.

Describes the political rivalry between Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, exploring the extent of their feud and revealing how these two men eventually reconciled their friendship.

The Pulitzer Prize–winning, bestselling biography of America's founding father and second president that was the basis for the acclaimed HBO series, brilliantly told by master historian David McCullough.
In this powerful, epic biography, David McCullough unfolds the adventurous life journey of John Adams, the brilliant, fiercely independent, often irascible, always honest Yankee patriot who spared nothing in his zeal for the American...

John and Abigail Adams left a remarkable portrait of their lives together in their personal correspondence: both were prolific letter writers (although John conceded that Abigail was the more gifted), and over the years they exchanged more than twelve hundred letters. Joseph J. Ellis distills them to give us an account both intimate and panoramic; part biography, part political history, and part love story. Ellis describes their first meeting as inauspicious--John...

Follows the life of John Quincy Adams from his childhood in Massachusetts through his term as the sixth president of the United States and into his post-White House years, and includes photographs and illustrations, a time line and glossary, articles on key events that influenced Adams, and other reference materials.

Follows the life of John Adams from his childhood in Massachusetts through his term as the second president of the United States and into his post-White House years, and includes photographs and illustrations, a time line and glossary, articles on key events that influenced Adams, and other reference materials.

An introduction to the life of John Quincy Adams, son of the second president who himself became the sixth president.