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Title:
The remarkable education of John Quincy Adams [DAISY talking book]
Author:
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Publication Date:
2018
Publication Information:
Watertown, Massachusetts : Perkins Library, Perkins School for the Blind, 2018.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (audio (18 hours, 36 minutes))
Abstract:
Born into a family of intellectuals of revolutionaries, John Quincy Adams was brought up to follow in his father's footsteps, but he was also determined to be his own man. This sympathetic biography digs deeply into his diaries and journals to illuminate the early years of one of America's most misunderstood presidents.
General Note:
Available from BARD courtesy of the Perkins Library, Perkins School for the Blind.
Digital audiobook in DAISY format.
Performers:
Narrated by: Bart Morse.
Contents:
A legacy more valuable than gold or silver -- A great deal of room for me to grow better -- Some compensation for me not being with my friends at Braintree -- A journal -- Almost at the world's end -- Promise to produce a worthy character -- A son who is the greatest traveller of his age -- A sister who fulfills my most sanguine expectations -- Your ever affectionate brother -- The sentiments of my heart as they rise -- Study is my mistress -- A student in the office of Theophilus Parsons -- Exposed to the perils of sentiment -- On the bridge between wisdom and folly -- I, too, am a scribbler -- The times change and we change with them -- The magnitude of the trust and my own incompetency -- The usual mixture between sweet and bitter -- The age of innocence and thoughtlessness -- Albeit unused to the melting mood -- Oh my Louisa! -- For the friend of your life -- Wise and in the best interests of the country -- To turn weariness itself into pleasure -- Painful retrospective -- With no small difficulty -- Another feather against a whirlwind -- Like a fish out of water -- Apostasy -- In honorable diplomatic exile -- Whether of peace or war.
Technical Details:
Full audio with structure.
System requirements: Internet access and an NLS authorized digital talking book player. Contact your cooperating library for more information.
Personal Subject:
Language:
English
Audience:
Male narrator.