410 Pages
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Routledge
410 Pages
by
Routledge
410 Pages
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Routledge
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His great grandfather and his grandfather had been presidents of the United States, and to a small boy this seemed a matter of course in his family. But Henry Adams, belonging to a later generation, coming to maturity at the time of the Civil War, found himself in an age uncongenial to the leadership of such men as his ancestors. In the changing world of the late nineteenth century and early... Read more
Preface, Acknowledgments, 1 Starting Place, 2 Negative Happiness, 3 Maiden Voyage, 4 The Winter Before the War, 5 Outpost, 6 A London Bachelor, 7 Washington Reporter, 8 Professor Adams, 9 Mr. and Mrs. Adams, 10 Marlborough Street, 11 Lafayette Square, 12 Disaster, 13 The Growth of a Mind, 14 AToyLand, 15 The Breakfast Table, 16 Time and the Sliding Rock, 17 The History, 18 DosBocas, 19 The Cathedrals, 20 Twelfth Century—and Twentieth, 21 Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres, 22 Multiplicity, 23 The Education of Henry Adams, 24 Science, History, and Imagination, 25 Satanic Gentleman, 26 “Remember My Music”, Notes, Selective Bibliography, Index
Biography
Elizabeth Stevenson held a variety of jobs during a working life, jobs which supported a writing habit. She found, at last, a home at Emory University and retired as Candler Professor of American Studies in the innovative graduate division, The Institute of Liberal Arts
