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Lee and his Lieutenants; comprising the early life, public services, and campaigns of General R. E. Lee, and his companions in arms, with a record of their campaigns and heroic deeds ... With ... engravings

Author: Edward Albert POLLARD
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Languages : en
Pages : 876

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Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams, Sixth President of the United States

Author: William Henry Seward
Publisher:
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Category : Legislators
Languages : en
Pages : 430

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The Lives and Services of Major General John Thomas, Colonel Thomas Knowlton, Colonel Alexander Scammel, Major General Henry Dearborn

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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 232

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John Quincy Adams

Author: Paul C. Nagel
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 0307828190
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 636

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February 21, 1848, the House of Representatives, Washington D.C.: Congressman John Quincy Adams, rising to speak, suddenly collapses at his desk; two days later, he dies in the Speaker’s chamber. The public mourning that followed, writes Paul C. Nagel, “exceeded anything previously seen in America. Forgotten was his failed presidency and his often cold demeanor. It was the memory of an extraordinary human being—one who in his last years had fought heroically for the right of petition and against a war to expand slavery—that drew a grateful people to salute his coffin in the Capitol and to stand by the railroad tracks as his bier was transported from Washington to Boston.” Nagel probes deeply into the psyche of this cantankerous, misanthropic, erudite, hardworking son of a former president whose remarkable career spanned many offices: minister to Holland, Russia, and England, U.S. senator, secretary of state, president of the United States (1825-1829), and, finally, U.S. representative (the only ex-president to serve in the House). On the basis of a thorough study of Adams’ seventy-year diary, among a host of other documents, the author gives us a richer account than we have yet had of JQA’s life—his passionate marriage to Louisa Johnson, his personal tragedies (two sons lost to alcoholism), his brilliant diplomacy, his recurring depression, his exasperating behavior—and shows us why, in the end, only Abraham Lincoln’s death evoked a great out-pouring of national sorrow in nineteenth-century America. We come to see how much Adams disliked politics and hoped for more from life than high office; how he sought distinction in literacy and scientific endeavors, and drew his greatest pleasure from being a poet, critic, translator, essayist, botanist, and professor of oratory at Harvard; how tension between the public and private Adams vexed his life; and how his frustration kept his masked and aloof (and unpopular). Nagel’s great achievement, in this first biography of America’s sixth president in a quarter century, is finally to portray Adams in all his talent and complexity.

Memoir of the Life and Public Services of John Charles Frémont ...

Author: John Bigelow
Publisher:
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Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 524

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This book examines the life of John Charles Frémont, American explorer, politician, and soldier who, in 1856, became the first candidate of the anti-slavery Republican Party for the office of President of the United States.

Life of Jesus

Author: John Dickson
Publisher: Zondervan
ISBN: 0310889774
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 210

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What really happened back in the first century, in Jerusalem and around the Sea of Galilee, that changed the shape of world history? Who is this figure that emerges from history to have a profound impact on culture, ethics, politics, and philosophy? Join historian John Dickson on this journey through the life of Jesus. This book, which features a self-contained discussion guide for use with Life of Jesus DVD, will help you and your friends dig deeper into what is known about Jesus’ life and why it matters. “John Dickson has done a marvelous job of presenting the story of Jesus, and the full meaning of that story, in a way that is both deeply faithful to the biblical sources and refreshingly relevant to tomorrow's world and church. I strongly recommend this study to anyone who wants to re-examine the deep historical roots of Christian faith and to find them as life-giving as they ever were.”—Tom Wright