{"product_id":"john-adams-revolutionary-writings-17751783-loa-214-isbn-9781598530902","title":"John Adams: Revolutionary Writings 1775-1783 (LOA #214)","description":"\u003cb\u003eGordon S. Wood present the first comprehensive selection of John Adams’s vitally important writing for the general reader, three fully-annotated volumes charting his entire extraordinary career.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis second of three volumes gathering the essential writings of one of the towering figures of the American Revolution traces John Adams’s career from his leading role in the debate over independence (he was “our Colossus on the floor,” remembered Thomas Jefferson), to his tireless efforts to establish the fledgling government of the United States and supply its army in the field, to his crucial diplomatic service in Europe, where he was hailed as “the George Washington of nego tiation.” It includes his highly influential 1776 pamphlet \u003ci\u003eThoughts on Government\u003c\/i\u003e, dozens of his characteristically frank and revealing personal letters—many to his “dearest friend” Abigail—extensive diary excerpts, and selected passages from his unfinished autobiography. Two companion Library of America volumes chart Adams’s earlier and later career; a third presents the letters of Abigail Adams.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLIBRARY OF AMERICA\u003c\/b\u003e is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation’s literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America’s best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.\u003cb\u003eJohn Adams \u003c\/b\u003e(1735-1826), educated as a lawyer at Harvard, was the Massachusetts delegate to the First and Second Continental Congresses. During the Revolutionary War, he served abroad in diplomatic roles and helped negotiate the peace treaty. After serving as Vice President for two terms under George Washington, he was subsequently elected President.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGordon S. Wood\u003c\/b\u003e is Alva O. Way Professor of History Emeritus at Brown University and the author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning \u003ci\u003eThe Radicalism of the American Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e. He has also edited the two-volume Library of America edition \u003ci\u003eThe American Revolution: Writings from the Pamphlet Debate 1764–1776\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Library of America","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300131262693,"sku":"NP9781598530902","price":42.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781598530902.jpg?v=1767730437","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/john-adams-revolutionary-writings-17751783-loa-214-isbn-9781598530902","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}