{"product_id":"james-truslow-adams","title":"James Truslow Adams","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe brilliant historian of the mid-twentieth century, Allan Nevins, introduces this volume of correspondence by and to James Truslow Adams with a summary of his life and importance. This presents his appreciation of Adams in a manner that properly serves as a bridge to a full range of his correspondence, including a long series of letters by Adams himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe correspondence is divided into a wide network of letters covering two world wars, and highlighting Adams' efforts to speak as a public historian of the age. The range covered extends from World War I, where he participated in the Paris Conference, to the New England histories, the year of the Economic Crash, the making of his great book, \u003cem\u003eThe Epic of America\u003c\/em\u003e, and the final summing up, making history accessible to the larger publics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoth the biographical sketch and the correspondence reflect Adams as possessing a nimble, precise mind and a stubborn set of opinions that are sometimes liberal, while at other times conservative. Despite a lifetime of public service, Nevins and the letters remind us, Adams was and remained essentially a scholar. The same can be said of Nevins himself and that made him the perfect spokesman and student of Adams' writings. For those to whom the meshing of solid American history and public service are of interest this will be an unusual, but entirely worthwhile experience.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54237652615512,"sku":"9781138526501","price":192.2,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781138526501_27ccaa1d-024d-4815-9771-3e8ba0f60f0e.jpg?v=1769562037","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/james-truslow-adams","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}