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The Education of Henry Adams (Oxford World's Classics)by Henry Adams
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:As a journalist, historian, and novelist born into a family that included two past Presidents, Henry Adams was forever focused on the experiences and expectations unique to America. A prompt bestseller and Pulitzer Prize-winner, The Education of Henry Adams (1918) recounts his own and his country's development from 1838--the year Adams was born--up to 1905, thus incorporating the Civil War, unprecedented capitalist expansion, and the growth of the United States as a world power. Adams considered the nation both a success and a failure, and this paradox was the very impetus that compelled him to set down his Education--in the pages of which he also voiced a deep skepticism about mankind's ability to control the direction of history. Written with immense wit and irony, reassembling the past while glimpsing at the future, this book wholly expresses what Henry James declared the "complex fate" of being an American. Adams's thoroughly documented vision remains one of the most absorbing American autobiographies ever written. Synopsis:As a journalist, historian and novelist born into a family that included two past presidents, Adams was constantly focused on the American experiment. This work recounts his own and the country's education from 1838 to 1905, incorporating the Civil War and the growth of the USA as a world power. Synopsis:Colorful images, removable memorabilia, and authoritative but easy-to-understand text combine to tell the story of all of America's Commanders in Chiefs, from George Washington to George W. Bush--their personalities, their politics, and their significant contributions. Synopsis:An immediate bestseller awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1919, this autobiography recounts Adams' own and the country's education from 1838, the year of his birth, to 1905, incorporating the Civil war, capitalist expansion, and the growth of the United States as a world power.
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