1767-1848

A biography of John Quincy Adams, the only former president to serve in the United States House of Representatives, whose antislavery position led him to argue the Amistad case before the Supreme Court.

Chronicles the lives of John Quincy Adams and Louisa Adams around the War of 1812.

Presents a detailed analysis of the 1828 presidential campaign between southwestern frontiersman Andrew Jackson and New England aristocrat John Quincy Adams that officially established a pattern in which two nationally organized political parties would vie for power against one another.

A biography of John Quincy Adams, which focuses on his seventeen years in Congress--after he served a single term as President of the United States--where he became a leading voice in support of the abolishment of slavery.

Presents excerpts from the correspondence between twelve-year-old William Pratt and President John Quincy who communicated between 1825 and 1827 on topics such as the government treaty with Creek Indians, Mr. Adams's close election and problems as president, slavery, and education.

Chronicles the history of America's longest dynasty, the Adamses, the only family in the nation's history to play a leading role in American affairs for nearly two centuries.

Biography of America's sixth president, based on a study of his seventy-year diary and other documents, revealing a man whose life was largely taken up by politics, but whose real pleasure came from literary and scientific endeavors.