John Quincy Adams: A Public Life, A Private Life by Paul C. Nagel, Paul C. Nagel

John Quincy Adams: A Public Life, A Private Life

Paul C. Nagel, Paul C. Nagel

432 pages first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative reflective slow-paced
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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. N...

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