Book
American phoenix : John Quincy and Louisa Adams, the War of 1812, and the exile that saved American independence
Publication Information
Nashville : Thomas Nelson, c2013.
Physical Description
x, 502 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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.
Subjects
- 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.
- Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848.
- Adams, Louisa Catherine, 1775-1852.