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American phoenix : John Quincy and Louisa Adams, the War of 1812, and the exile that saved American independence  Cover Image Book Book

American phoenix : John Quincy and Louisa Adams, the War of 1812, and the exile that saved American independence / Jane Hampton Cook.

Summary:

American Phoenix is the sweeping, riveting tale of a grand historic adventure across forbidding oceans and frozen tundra-from the bustling ports and towering birches of Boston to the remote reaches of pre-Soviet Russia, from an exile in arctic St. Petersburg to resurrection and reunion among the gardens of Paris.

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  • ISBN: 9781595555410
  • ISBN: 1595555412
  • Physical Description: x, 502 pages, 8 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
  • Publisher: Nashville : Thomas Nelson, ©2013.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 452-491) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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 -- Déjà 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.
Subject: Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848.
Adams, Louisa Catherine, 1775-1852.
Diplomats > United States > Biography.
Presidents > United States > Biography.
Presidents' spouses > United States > Biography.
United States > History > War of 1812 > Biography.
United States > History > War of 1812 > Diplomatic history.
United States > History > War of 1812 > Peace.
United States > Foreign relations > Russia.
Russia > Foreign relations > United States.
Genre: Biography.
History.

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