Heirs of an Honored Name: The Decline of the Adams Family and the Rise of Modern America

by Douglas R Egerton and Douglas R. Egerton

Book Overview

An enthralling chronicle of the American nineteenth century told through the unraveling of the nation's first political dynasty

John and Abigail Adams founded a famous political family, but they would not witness its calamitous fall from grace. When John Quincy Adams died in 1848, so began the slow decline of the family's political legacy.

In Heirs of an Honored Name, award-winning historian Douglas R. Egerton depicts a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465093884
• ISBN13: 9780465093885
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.1" x 9.3"