{"product_id":"9780679640103","title":"The Education of Henry Adams","description":"\u003cb\u003eSelected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'I cannot remember when I was not fascinated by Henry Adams,' said Gore Vidal. 'He  was remarkably prescient about the coming horrors.'\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e His political ideals shaped  by two presidential ancestors—great-grandfather John Adams and grandfather John Quincy  Adams—Henry Adams was one of the most powerful and original minds to confront the  American scene from the Civil War to the First World War. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Printed privately in  1907 and published to wide acclaim shortly after the author\u0026amp;'s death in 1918, The  Education of Henry Adams is a brilliant, idiosyncratic blend of autobiography and  history that charts the great transformation in American life during the so-called  Gilded Age.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e With an introduction by renowned historian Edmund Morris.","brand":"Henry Adams","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":46116932452564,"sku":"9780679640103","price":27.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/9208\/files\/BNCImageAPI_62d37a7d-14ac-463f-8ae4-3f91faf350f8.jpg?v=1741021995","url":"https:\/\/penguinshop.ca\/products\/9780679640103","provider":"Penguin Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}