Each of these short plays ... seizes the moment and renders it in complete dramatic opposition and resolution.
Book Description
In his years after the Presidency, this son of the second President served in the US House of Representatives with a distinction not often equaled. Late in his life he is asked to defend against an appeal to the Supreme Court to override the decisions of lower courts on what came to be known as the Amistad matter. Reluctant to take the case for a number of reasons, among them age and lack of practice, Adams exhibits his intense belief in the necessity of the rule of law which he must articulate with the passion of his convictions. Adams’ decision is wrenched from him by the members of the Amistad crew with the help of Horace Greeley.
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