5/11/2023 0 Comments Nation Builder by Charles N. Edel![]() ![]() Kaplan’s rationale for the book is based upon his view that Adams’s personality and talents are not fully revealed by previous JQA biographies. Its Introduction is brief but compelling and it ends with an excellent Bibliographical Essay which provides a wonderful roadmap for further study. ![]() Its 570-page narrative is thorough, detailed and often quite astute. The product of six years of research, Kaplan’s biography is the second longest of the half-dozen books on John Quincy Adams I’ve read. Kaplan is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Queens College in New York City and the author of nearly a dozen books including biographies of Henry James, Charles Dickens and 1984 Pulitzer Prize finalist “ Thomas Carlyle: A Biography.” Fred Kaplan’s 2014 “ John Quincy Adams: American Visionary” is one of the most recent and comprehensive biographies of the sixth president. ![]()
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