Thr Education of Henry Adams Henry Adams Introduction by James Truslow Adams

Publisher: The Modern Library, New York Random House Edition:First Edition Year: 1931 Description: NF, 517 pp.; The Modern Library Random House First Edition 1918; rare antique book over 100 years old. A descendant of American Presidents and a journalist and American historian as well a Abraham Lincoln's ambassador to England Henry Adams provides us with his autobiography in his " The Education of Henry Adams". He was a man of great social influence during his lifetime. He would not be so popular today due to his hatred for England, his antisemitism, his respect for Germany, and his disgust with immigrants. By today's standards he would be associated with the Far Right Wing of American polictics. He was born on Feb. 16, 1838 in Boston and died on March 27, 1918 in Washington DC. The book is bound in light green cloth with gold accents; the fore edge has very minor stain; The dj is is fine condition. Author: Henry Adams Introduction by James Truslow Adams