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His boyhood was spent amid the furor of the American Revolution, and as a teen he assisted his father on diplomatic missions in Europe, hobnobbing with monarchs and statesmen, dining with Ben Franklin, sitting by Voltaire at the opera. He received a world-class education, becoming fluent in Latin, Greek, German, and French. His astonishing intellect and poise would lead to a diplomatic career of his own, in which he'd help solidify his fledgling nation’s standing in the world. He was intertwined with every famous American of his day, from Washington to Jefferson, Madison and Monroe, Jackson, Calhoun, Clay, and Webster. He was on stage, frequently front and center, during the Revolutionary Era, the fractious birth of American party politics, the War of 1812, the Era of Good Feelings, and the peak of Continental Expansion. It was against this backdrop that he served as an ambassador, senator, secretary of state, and, unhappily, as president. The driving force behind both the Transcontinental Treaty and the Monroe Doctrine, this champion of Manifest Destiny spent the last years of his life fighting against the annexation of Texas because it would facilitate the spread of slavery. This deeply researched, brilliantly written volume delves into John Quincy’s intellectual pursuits and political thought; his loving, yet at times strained, marriage to Louisa Catherine Johnson, whom he met in London; his troubling relationships with his three sons; and his fiery post-presidency rebirth in Congress as he became the chamber’s most vocal opponent of slavery.","forthcoming":false,"isbn13":"9780593187241","publication_date":"20240625","publisher":"Penguin Publishing Group","slug":"john-quincy-adams","subtitle":"A Man for the Whole People","title":"John Quincy Adams"},"discovery":{"categories":{"all":[{"bisac_code":"HIS036030","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Revolutionary America (1775-1800)","score":0.7575,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"HIS036040","confidence_band":"medium","label":"19th-Century America","score":0.7388,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"HIS036020","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Colonial America (to 1775)","score":0.7191,"source":"bisac_hint_model"}],"hint":[{"bisac_code":"HIS036030","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Revolutionary America (1775-1800)","score":0.7575,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"HIS036040","confidence_band":"medium","label":"19th-Century America","score":0.7388,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"HIS036020","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Colonial America (to 1775)","score":0.7191,"source":"bisac_hint_model"}],"publisher":[{"bisac_code":"BIO011000","confidence_band":"high","label":"Presidents & World Leaders","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"HIS036030","confidence_band":"high","label":"Revolutionary America (1775-1800)","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"HIS036040","confidence_band":"high","label":"19th-Century America","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"}]},"genres":[{"label":"Revolutionary America (1775-1800)","score":0.7575,"slug":"revolutionary-america-1775-1800"},{"label":"19th-Century America","score":0.7388,"slug":"19th-century-america"},{"label":"Colonial America (to 1775)","score":0.7191,"slug":"colonial-america-to-1775"}],"reader_fit":["Good for readers interested in John Quincy Adams’s political career and legacy","Good for readers interested in the Adams family and its personal relationships"],"related_lists":[],"series":null,"similar_books":[{"authors":["Fred Kaplan"],"book_id":"9780062298768","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780062298768.jpg?v=43dc089744e6c574","score":0.8664,"title":"John Quincy Adams","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780062298768"},{"authors":["Nelson Runger","David McCullough","Simon & Schuster Audio"],"book_id":"9780743223133","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780743223133.jpg?v=904c1e7af77dfa80","score":0.8255,"title":"John Adams","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780743223133"},{"authors":["Phyllis Lee Levin"],"book_id":"9781250081384","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781250081384.jpg?v=a256b01a09d4ce7d","score":0.8158,"title":"The Remarkable Education of John Quincy Adams","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781250081384"},{"authors":["Woody Holton"],"book_id":"9781416546818","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781416546818.jpg?v=c49c0e586e3cb067","score":0.7576,"title":"Abigail Adams","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781416546818"},{"authors":["Tim McGrath"],"book_id":"9780451477279","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780451477279.jpg?v=338f36f77f334d38","score":0.7175,"title":"James Monroe","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780451477279"},{"authors":["Willard Sterne Randall"],"book_id":"9780593472149","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780593472149.jpg?v=169ec9c1579b581f","score":0.6959,"title":"John Hancock","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780593472149"},{"authors":["Natalie S. 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