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In this engaging biography, historian Joseph Wheelan describes Adams's battles against the House Gag Rule that banished abolition petitions; the removal of Eastern Indian tribes; and the annexation of slave-holding Texas, while recounting his efforts to establish the Smithsonian Institution. As a "man of the whole country," Adams was not bound by political party, yet was reelected to the House eight times before collapsing at his "post of duty" on February 21, 1848, and then dying in the House Speaker's office. His funeral evoked the greatest public outpouring since Benjamin Franklin's death.
Mr. Adams's Last Crusade will enlighten and delight anyone interested in American history.
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- Release date: February 24, 2009
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- ISBN: 9780786744954
- Release date: February 24, 2009
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- ISBN: 9780786744954
- File size: 609 KB
- Release date: February 24, 2009
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