Henry Adams and His World
Explore the world of Henry Adams with our curated reading list. Dive into Gore Vidal's fictional 'Empire' and Adams' classic autobiography, 'The Education of Henry Adams.' Discover key books on this influential American historian and his era.
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The Education of Henry Adams
by Henry Adams
Originally published: Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1918.
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History of the United States of America during the administrations of Thomas Jefferson
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History of the United States of America during the administrations of James Madison
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Empire
by Gore Vidal
"Mr. Vidal demonstrates a political imagination and insider's sagacity equaled by no other practicing fiction writer I can think of. And like the earlier novels in his historical cycle, Empire is a wonderfully vivid documentary drama." —The New York Times Book Review In this extraordinarily powerful epic Gore Vidal recreates America's Gilded Age—a period of promise and possibility, of empire-building and fierce political rivalries. In a vivid and beathtaking work of fiction, where the fortunes of a sister and brother intertwine with the fates of the generation, their country, and some of the greatest names of their day, including President McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, William Jennings Bryan, William and Henry James, the Astors, the Vanderbilts, and the Whitneys, Gore Vidal sweeps us from the nineteenth century into the twentieth, from the salvaged republic of Lincoln to a nation boldly reaching for the world.
