Henry Adams, not quite twenty-three ... In its opening survey of America in the year 1800, Washington is seen as “a fever-stricken morass,” the “shapeless, unfinished Capitol” backed ...

In Henry Adams and the Making of America ... nine volumes with six chapters describing how terrible America was in 1800. Unfortunately, a lot of people read that and think that's a description ...

Additional reasons are the dozen or so biographical volumes and special studies of Henry Adams published in the last 30 years that have enhanced his stature and established him as a major American ...

A foundational text for every American Studies program, and one of the most original books published by an American author, “The Education of Henry Adams (An Autobiography)” ought to be read ...