A traveled first lady : writings of Louisa Catherine Adams /

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Congress adjourned on 18 May 1852 for Louisa Catherine Adams's funeral, according her an honor never before offered a first lady. Telling the story of her own life, juxtaposed with rich descriptions of European courts, Washington political maneuvers, and the continuing Adams family drama, Louis...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Adams, Louisa Catherine, 1775-1852 (Auteur)
Autres auteurs: Hogan, Margaret A. (Éditeur intellectuel), Taylor, C. James, 1945- (Éditeur intellectuel)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2014.
Sujets:
Adams, Louisa Catherine, > 1775-1852.
Adams, John Quincy, > 1767-1848.
Adams, John Quincy, > 1767-1848
Adams, Louisa Catherine, > 1775-1852
Presidents' spouses > United States > Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > United States > Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
Presidents' spouses
United States
autobiographies (literary works)
Autobiographies
Biographies
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • "All was joy and peace and love": youth
  • "An object of general attention": Prussia
  • "Had I steped into Noah's ark": United States
  • "The savage had been expected": Russia
  • "The memory of one, who was": St. Petersburg to Paris
  • "The wife of a man of superior talents": Washington, D.C., 1819-1820
  • "I am a very good diplomate": Washington, D.C., 1821-1824
  • "This apparent fate": retirement
  • Epilogue: Henry Adams on Louisa.

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