Henry Adams

Henry Adams (1838–1918) was an American historian, journalist, and novelist. In 1907 he published his Pulitzer Prize–winning autobiography, The Education of Henry Adams, considered by many to be the most important nonfiction work of the twentieth century. He died in 1918 at his home in Washington, D.C.

The Jefferson Transformation - Passages from the "History" By Henry Adams Introduction by Garry Wills The ideal introduction and companion to Adams's "massive and magisterial" history of the administrations of Jefferson and Madison, presenting an indelible picture of America's startling rise to world power. Category: Current Affairs and Politics, History Publisher: NYRB Classics