Introduction by Robert H. Ferrell
Henry Adams, great-grandson of John Adams and grandson of John Quincy Adams, was born in Boston on February 16, 1838. He died in Washington, D.C., on March 27, 1918. While his most famous work was
History of the United States of America during the Administrations of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, he is also known and respected for
The Education of Henry Adams. Robert H. Ferrell is Professor Emeritus of History at Indiana University. He is the author or editor of numerous books, including
Collapse at Meuse-Argonne: The Failure of the Missouri-Kansas Division;
Harry S. Truman: A Life; and
The Dying President: Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1944–1945, all available from the University of Missouri Press. Ferrell resides in Ann Arbor, Michigan.