The Portable John Adams

by Adams, John

• ISBN13: 9780142437780
• ISBN10: 0142437786
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-06-29
• Publisher: Penguin Classics

Summary

In addition to being an uncompromising defender of liberty, esteemed diplomat, and successor to George Washington, John Adams was a passionate and prolific writer. Adams biographer John Patrick Diggins gathers an impressive variety of his works in this compact, original volume, including parts of his diary and autobiography, and selections from his rich correspondence with this wife, Abigail, Thomas Jefferson, and others. The Portable John Adamsalso features his most important political works: A Dissertation on Canon and Feudal Law,” Thoughts on Government,” A Defense of Constitutions,” Novanglus,” and Discources in Davila.” There is no finer introduction to the protean genius of this seminal American philosopher.

Author Biography

John Adams (1735-û1826) was the first American diplomat in England and was elected the second president of the United States.

John Patrick Diggins is a professor of history at the City University of New York.

Table of Contents

Introduction	vii
Diary and Autobiography	1	(120)
Correspondence of John and Abigail Adams	121	(68)
Earliest Writings	189	(20)
A Dissertation on Canon and Feudal Law	209	(24)
``Thoughts on Government''	233	(10)
Novanglus	243	(46)
A Defence of the Constitutions of the United States of America	289	(48)
Discourses on Davila	337	(58)
Correspondence with Roger Sherman and John Taylor	395	(62)
Correspondence of John and Abigail Adams with Thomas Jefferson	457	(72)
Editor's Notes	529