![]() It was selected by The Modern Library as one of the 100 greatest nonfiction books of the twentieth century. "He was remarkably prescient about the coming horrors." His political ideals shaped by two presidential ancestors great-grandfather John Adams and grandfather John Quincy Adams? Henry Adams was one of the most powerful and original minds to confront the American scene from the Civil War to the First World War. "I cannot remember when I was not fascinated by Henry Adams," said Gore Vidal. BAL 32 Reese Narratives of Personal Experience 2 (“certainly one of the great American biographies”). It was the winner of a 1919 Pulitzer Prize. ![]() It is also a sharp critique of 19th century educational theory and practice. In 1919 it was awarded the Pulitzer Prize and the Modern Library named it as the best non-fiction book published in English since 1900. The Education of Henry Adams records the struggle of Bostonian Henry Adams (1838-1918), in early old age, to come to terms with the dawning 20th century, so different from the world of his youth. The text of Education was not made commercially available until 1918, following the author’s death, when it was published by Houghton Mifflin. ![]() ![]() Rare first edition, one of only 40 copies printed of this classic work. Reviews arent verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when its identified. ![]()
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