Title: A traveled first lady : writings of Louisa Catherine Adams /
Authors: Adams, Louisa Catherine, 1775-1852.; Hogan, Margaret A.; Taylor, C. James, 1945-
Year: 2014
Subjects: Adams, Louisa Catherine,; Adams, John Quincy,; Presidents' spouses United States Biography
Abstract: Louisa Catherine Adams was daughter-in-law and wife of presidents, assisted diplomat J. Q. Adams at three European capitals, and served as a D.C. hostess for three decades. Yet she is barely remembered today. A Traveled First Lady (with Foreword by Laura Bush) corrects this oversight, by sharing Adams's remarkable story in her own words.
Contents: "All was joy and peace and love": youth -- "An object of general attention": Prussia -- "Had I steped into Noah's ark": United States -- "The savage had been expected": Russia -- "The memory of one, who was": St. Petersburg to Paris -- "The wife of a man of superior talents": Washington, D.C., 1819-1820 -- "I am a very good diplomate": Washington, D.C., 1821-1824 -- "This apparent fate": retirement -- Epilogue: Henry Adams on Louisa.