Passionate Sage: The Character and Legacy of John Adams

“Impassioned and erudite.…A charming portrait of this Massachusetts native as a splendidly opposite genius possessed of an unusual ethical intelligence and farsighted political knowledge.” —Michiko Kakutani, New York Instances

A recent have a look at this astute, likably quirky statesman, by the writer of the Pulitzer Award-winning Founding Brothers and the Nationwide E-book Award successful American Sphinx.

“Essentially the most lovable and most laughable, the warmest and presumably the wisest of the founding fathers, John Adams knew himself as few males do and preserved his information in a voluminous correspondence that also vibrates. Ellis has used it with nice ability and notion not solely to carry us the person, warts and all, however extra importantly to disclose his extraordinary insights into the issues confronting the founders that resonate at this time within the republic they created.” —Edmund S. Morgan, Sterling Professor of Historical past Emeritus, Yale College