num_pages: 480
description: Linked to the award-winning tv series, this book chronicles the story of the Adams political family over a 150-year span, including John Adams (signer of the Declaration, accomplished diplomat &amp; 2nd President), his wife Abigail Adams, his son John Quincy Adams (Secretary of State, 6th President &amp; abolitionist Congressman), grandson Charles Francis Adams, congressman &amp; ambassador to Great Britain during the Civil War, &amp; much-heralded members of the 4th generation Henry Brooks Adams, the historian &amp; author of the novel Democracy, &amp; Charles Francis Adams II, the industrialist.
language: English
title: The Adams Chronicles: Four Generations of Greatness
titlecomplete: The Adams Chronicles: Four Generations of Greatness
genres: Biography, Presidents, Politics, History, American Revolution, Nonfiction, American History
ratings_count: 55
publisher: Little Brown & Co. (Boston/Toronto)