The Education of Henry Adams (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading)

by Henry Adams, Gregory Tietjen (Editor), Gregory Tietjen (Introduction)

Overview

The Education of Henry Adams, written by America’s greatest historian and heir to America’s first political family, was greeted on its posthumous release as the finest of American autobiographies. For a century it has been routinely characterized as one of world literature’s extraordinary life narratives. However, The Education isn’t truly a work of autobiography. It is a meditation on a life formed by a family tradition that wraps itself around a cultural critique of the age, and around speculations on a philosophy of history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781435108400
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble
Publication date:	12/04/2009
Series:	Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading
Pages:	448
Sales rank:	1,002,886
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.20(h) x 1.10(d)