Randall Woods- John Quincy Adams- A Man for The Whole People

In this masterful, deeply researched biography, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS: A Man for the Whole People (Dutton), historian and award-winning author Randall Woods peels back the many layers of John Quincy to expose a complex man under the pressure to live up to his voluntary family name, a rich and complicated family saga, and a political legacy that transformed the American Republic. Randall Woods is a John A. Cooper Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Arkansas, where he has taught since 1971. His books include LBJ: Architect of American Ambition and Fulbright: A Biography, which won the Robert H. Ferrell Prize.