Randall Woods John Quincy Adams: A Man for the Whole People

About the author:

Randall Woods is Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Arkansas. He teaches American political and diplomatic history, having served as Stanley Kaplan Distinguished Professor of Political History at Williams College, John G. Winant Professor of American Politics at Oxford University, and a Mellon Fellow at Cambridge University. He is the author of Fulbright: A Biography (Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award nominee; Robert H. Ferrell Prize for Best Book on American Foreign Relations), LBJ: Architect of American Ambition (Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award nominee; New York Times Editors’ Choice), and Shadow Warrior: William E. Colby and the CIA (New York Times Editors’ Choice).

About the book:

John Quincy Adams: A Man for the Whole People chronicles the life and times of America’s greatest secretary of state, the sixth president of the United States, and a scourge of the slave power during his thirty years in Congress following his defeat for a second term in office. Adams was the father of the Smithsonian Institution and one of the most prominent intellectuals of his time, famous throughout the United States and Europe. A devoted nationalist, he was determined to see that the federal government actively pursued policies that benefited all sectors of American society. A disciple of Cicero, JQ was one of the most formidable orators of his day.

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