Drawing on Adams' diary, letters, and writings, chronicles the diplomat and president's numerous achievements and failures, revealing his unwavering moral convictions, brilliance, unyielding spirit, and political courage.

Excerpt from An Eulogy on the Life and Character of John Quincy Adams: Delivered at the Request of the Legislature of Massachusetts, in Faneuil Hall, April 15, 1848 And the place - who would have wished such a man to die else where? He fell in the nation's capitol, at his post of duty, in the very act, probably, of rising to make some motion. As the great Chatham fell, so he fell - surrounded by his peers, if peers he had say rather, surrounded by the nation's representatives. He fell then in the place where such a man should fall - where, it is said, he had expressed a wish to fall. The veteran warrior died on his battle field. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This extraordinary biography on one of our most misunderstood presidents -- John Quincy Adams (1825-1829). The brilliant but mercurial John Quincy never could quite fill the shoes of his more brilliant father John Adams but he remains one of the most intelligent and well versed on all subjects presidents we've ever had in our nation's history.