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Paul Nagel tells the full story of George Caleb Bingham (1811-1879), one of America's greatest 19th-century painters. While Nagel assesses Bingham's artistic achievements, he also portrays another and very important part of the artist's career - his service as a statesman and political leader in Missouri.

Nagel's "Descent from Glory" was a masterful account of four generations of Adamses. Now, in "The Lees of Virginia, " he brings his skills to bear on another major American family, taking readers inside the great estates of the Old Dominion and the turbulent lives of the Lee men and women.

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There has never been any doubt that the Adams family was America's first family in our politics and memory. This research-based and insightful book is a multigenerational biography of that family from the founder father John through the mordant writer Brooks.

From his vast storehouse of knowledge about the Adams family. Nagelpulls out the feminine threads of that tapestry to write all about the Adams women, from Abigail to daughter Nabby, from Louisa Catherine Adams, wife of John Quincy, to Clover Adams, wife of Henry, with others making more than cameo appearances. They all lived exceptional, if not extraordinary, lives, in different ways.

Nagel chronicles seven generations of Lees, from the family founders Richard and Anne to General Robert E. Lee, and their effect on American history. From 1640 to 1870, a family spirit united the Lees, making them a force in Virginian and American affairs.

Nagel chronicles seven generations of Lees, from the family founders Richard and Anne to General Robert E. Lee, and their effect on American history. From 1640 to 1870, a family spirit united the Lees, making them a force in Virginian and American affairs.

In the era of overland traders and steamboat pilots, of Thomas Hart Benton and Mark Twain, life in Missouri was strongly flavored by the Jeffersonian spirit, expressed in a suspicion of large cities, a belief that mankind flourished best in a rural setting, and a faith in the free individual as the guardian of liberty.

On the basis of a thorough study of Adams seventy-year diary, Nagel probes deeply into the psyche of a man whose remarkable career spanned many political and diplomatic offices.

On the basis of a thorough study of Adams seventy-year diary, Nagel probes deeply into the psyche of a man whose remarkable career spanned many political and diplomatic offices.

John Quincy Adams was raised, educated, and groomed to be President, following in the footsteps of his father, John. At fourteen he was secretary to the Minister to Russia and, later, was himself Minister to the Netherlands and Prussia. He was U.S. Senator, Secretary of State, and then President for one ill-fated term. His private life showed a parallel descent. He was a poet, writer, critic, and Professor of Oratory at Harvard. He married a t...