Henry Adams
Subtitle: selected letters
By: edited by Ernest Samuels.
Contributors: Samuels, Ernest, 1903-
Publisher: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 587
Subjects: Adams, Henry, 1838-1918 -- Correspondence; Historians -- United States -- Correspondence
Description: "Henry Adams has been called an indispensable figure in American thought. Although he famously 'took his own life' in the autobiographical Education of Henry Adams, his letters - more intimate and unbuttoned, though hardly unselfconscious - are themselves indispensable for an understanding of the man and his times. This selection, the first based on the authoritative six-volume Letters, represents every major private and public event in Adam's life from 1858-1918 and confirms his reputation as one of the greatest letter writers of his century."--Book jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.