Charles Francis Adams (The Works Of Charles Francis Adams) [Library Binding]

Charles Adams (Author)

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Publication Date: January 1900

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Library Binding: 426 pages
• Publisher: Reprint Services Corp (January 1900)
• ISBN-10: 0781208238
• ISBN-13: 978-0781208239
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,271,267 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Charles Francis Adams, January 5, 2006

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This review is from: Charles Francis Adams, (American statesmen, ed. by J. T. Morse, jr. [v. 29])

Charles Francis Adams is best remembered as the ambassador to England during the Civil War who helped keep England (and France) from recognizing the Confederacy. His father was John Quincy Adams. He was a Boston Whig very much opposed to slavery, though like Lincoln, he was willing to concede smaller issues to protect the larger ones (mainly the spread of slavery to incoming states). Adams was an austere man; it was said that when he entered a stuffy room, the temperature dropped 10 degrees. The most interesting events dealt with in this biography, written by his son, include:

the 1848 Presidential election, where Adams had presided over the Buffalo Convention which formed the Free Soil Party and saw the nomination of Martin Van Buren as President and himself as Vice-President;

the war with Mexico, a war Adams thought unjust and only an excuse for slave states to gain new territory;

the Trent Affair in 1861, when two Confederate commissioners were arrested aboard the "Trent" on their way to England, which almost caused war with that country; and

the launching of the "Alabama" in Liverpool, a British privateer that Adams tried but failed to prevent from sailing, and then held the British government responsible for for the destruction of American property caused by the ship.

Adams, Jr., tells his father's story in a robust, very readable style. It's informative and authoritative, and even after 100 years has the feel of definitiveness about it. Highly recommended.