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Henry Adams, great-grandson of John Adams, grandson of John Quincy Adams, and author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Education of Henry Adams, is often overlooked as a serious political thinker. Many scholars have dismissed his writings as cynical and bitter while others regard him as a mere observer of American politics, accepting Adams's description of himself as a "stable-companion to statesmen." A Political Companion to Henry Adams sugge...

In spite of his venerable political lineage that included U.S. Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams, Henry Adams is frequently ignored as a serious political thinker. Often dismissed by scholars as an acerbic and disappointed man who was a mere observer of American politics, history portrays Adam much like he described himself: as a "stable-companion to statesmen". A Political Companion to Henry illuminates Adams' writings and philosoph...