First Son and President

America's sixth president and son of America's second president, John Quincy Adams lived an extraordinary life. Beginning as a young boy as secretary for his father during the peace talks that ended the Revolutionary War, Adams served his country as a diplomat, state senator, secretary of state, the president, and as a representative in congress. Through his many speeches, essays, books, and written reports, Adams helped shape America. Today, he is remembered as a great statesman, a scholar, and a poet, just as he hoped he would be. Beverly Gherman is the author of Jimmy Carter (PL) and John Quincy Adams (CM), and well as trade biographies of Georgia O'Keefe, Robert Lewis Stevenson, Norman Rockwell, and Ansel Adams.