Descent from Glory

Four Generations of the John Adams Family

Paul C. Nagel

    "The history of my family is not a pleasant one..."

    1. Beginnings

    2. Growing Up

    3. Courtships

    4. Disappointments

    5. Marriages

    6. Quincy

    7. Washington

    8. Charles Francis

    9. Satisfaction

    10. Another Generation

    11. London

    12. Struggles

    13. Tragedy

    14. Memory

    15. Charles

    16. Henry

    17. Brooks

    18. Endings

    Postscript

    Sources

    Index

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Paul C. Nagel is former Director of the Virginia Historical Society, a trustee of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, a cultural laureate of Virginia, and a contributing editor of American Heritage.