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American phoenix : John Quincy and Louisa Adams, the War of 1812, and the exile that saved American independence
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American phoenix : John Quincy and Louisa Adams, the War of 1812, and the exile that saved American independence / Jane Hampton Cook.
ISBN
9781595555410 (hbk.)
1595555412 (hbk.)
Published
Nashville : Thomas Nelson, c2013.
Physical Description
x, 502 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 27, 2014
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Journey interrupted
Murder outside
Thief inside
Lost
The crossing
Journey begins
Fireworks
Good-bye, Boston birches
Danish prey
Three hundred Americans
Caricature vs. character
All the world's a stage
Baltic circle
Fig leaves
Deja vu
Eve's leaves
Loneliness and splendor
When in Rome
French économie
Ice hills
Divorce
Water
Winter woes
Contradictions
Pretense and propriety
Plato's beard
Moving on
Fencing pirates
French choice
French accomplice
Obstinate
American cinderellas
Christening
The snub
New year's bang
Exit strategy
French cooling
Recall and relocation
Correspondence and contractions
Supreme recall
Summer solstice
The removal
The confinement
Christening reprise
Comets
Baltic freeze
Interference
Tomorrow
Heaven
Enemy within
Impressment
Retreat
Dry bones
Journey resurrected
Escape
American phoenix
Queen of hearts
King of spades
The star-spangled banner
Antebellum
Vive!
Epilogue: the birches of Boston.
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