Henry Adams

Broschiertes Buch

Democracy an American Novel

Beschreibung

Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - FOR reasons which many persons thought ridiculous, Mrs. Lightfoot Lee decided to pass the winter in Washington. She was in excellent health, but she said that the climate would do her good. In New York she had troops of friends, but she suddenly became eager to see again the very small number of those who lived on the Potomac. It was only to her closest intimates that she honestly acknowledged herself to be tortured by ennui. Since her husband's death, five years before, she had lost her taste for New York society; she had felt no interest in the price of stocks, and very little in the men who dealt in them; she had become serious. What was it all worth, this wilderness of men and women as monotonous as the brown stone houses they lived in? In her despair she had resorted to desperate measures. She had read philosophy in the original German, and the more she read, the more she was disheartened that so much culture should lead to nothing - nothing.

Autor

Henry Adams was born on February 16, 1838, in Boston, Massachusetts, into the influential Adams family, which included two U.S. Presidents, John Adams and John Quincy Adams. Educated at Harvard University, Adams traveled to Europe after graduation and developed a deep interest in history, politics, and culture. During the American Civil War, he served as his father's secretary in London, gaining valuable diplomatic experience.Upon returning to the U.S., Adams became a journalist and critic of President Ulysses S. Grant's administration. He later became a professor of medieval history at Harvard, where he made significant contributions to historical scholarship. His nine-volume History of the United States During the Administrations of Jefferson and Madison solidified his reputation as a leading historian.Adams is best remembered for his autobiography, The Education of Henry Adams, which reflects on his life and the complexities of the modern world. Published in 1907, it won a posthumous Pulitzer Prize in 1919. Adams passed away on March 27, 1918, leaving a lasting legacy as a historian, writer, and thinker.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: 1st World Library - Literary Society
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Mai 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 377g
• ISBN-13: 9781421804514
• ISBN-10: 1421804514
• Artikelnr.: 22084580