Ebook {Epub PDF} The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams

Henry Brooks Adams () was an American journalist, historian, academic and novelist. He is best-known for his autobiographical book, The Education of Henry Adams. He was a member of the Adams political familyThis text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition/5(). About The Education of Henry Adams. Sometime after he began writing the Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres, Adams decided to create a companion piece, which became the Education of Henry Adams. (For thorough discussions of the inception of the Education, and the history of the text, see Jean Gooder's "Note on the Text," Penguin Classics edition and Samuels', The Major Phase.). Awarded the Pulitzer Prize for non-fiction in , “The Education of Henry Adams” is the autobiography of Henry Adams, the grandson of President John Quincy Adams, and the great-grandson of President John Adams. First published personally at his own expense in , the book was not printed commercially in large numbers until his death in /5(95).

Home» Books» The education of Henry Adams. The education of Henry Adams. Adams, Henry; Lodge, Henry Cabot; Massachusetts Historical Society Houghton Mifflin company, Creator: Adams, Henry; Lodge, Henry Cabot; Massachusetts Historical Society. Published: Houghton Mifflin. The Education of Henry Adams is Henry Adams ' autobiography, originally published in upon his death (though Adams wrote the book earlier). It details not only Adams' life, but the history that unfolded around him, including the presidencies of John Quincy Adams and General Ulysses Grant, as well as Charles Sumner and Secretary of State. Sometime after he began writing the Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres, Adams decided to create a companion piece, which became the Education of Henry Adams. (For thorough discussions of the inception of the Education, and the history of the text, see Jean Gooder's "Note on the Text," Penguin Classics edition and Samuels', The Major Phase.)The work was completed in and a private edition of.

The education of Henry Adams by Adams, Henry, Publication date Topics Adams, Henry, , Historians -- United States Publisher Washington: [Adams]. The reader soon learns that Adams is using the term "education" in an unusual, broad sense. He has little use for formal schooling, including Harvard College where Henry, as told in the book, is an average student but a good writer and speaker, graduating in as the Class Orator. Awarded the Pulitzer Prize for non-fiction in , “The Education of Henry Adams” is the autobiography of Henry Adams, the grandson of President John Quincy Adams, and the great-grandson of President John Adams. First published personally at his own expense in , the book was not printed commercially in large numbers until his death in