{"product_id":"americas-founding-son-john-quincy-adams-from-president-to-political-maverick","title":"America's Founding Son: John Quincy Adams, from President to Political Maverick","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBest known as the bassist for The Avett Brothers, \n\u003cb\u003eBob Crawford\u003c\/b\u003e brings decades of musicality to his historical work, infusing it with rhythm, urgency, and heart. He is the host of \n\u003ci\u003eAmerican History Hotline\u003c\/i\u003e on iHeartRadio and cohost of \n\u003ci\u003eThe Road to Now\u003c\/i\u003e on SiriusXM's POTUS channel, where he engages public figures and scholars in conversations that connect the past to the present. Crawford also serves as comanaging partner of the Press On Fund, a nonprofit dedicated to advancing pediatric cancer research. Whether on stage, on air, or on the page, Crawford invites audiences to reckon with America's unfinished story--and to find courage in those who speak truth to power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Crawford, a bassist for the Avett Brothers and 'history enthusiast, ' debuts with a fantastic, boosterish biography of famous 'founding son' John Quincy Adams... Throughout, Crawford offers up amusingly modern allusions--'as we would say today, antislavery debates in Congress went viral'--and pithy insights that link antebellum America to today's politics. This is enormously fun and heartening.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, Starred Review \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Seeing this generational shift of forging a new nation through the lens of a statesman who experienced the new republic from its founding offers an essential perspective on the early 19th-century United States.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, Starred Review\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A gripping narrative of the life of John Quincy Adams, the president, peacemaker, and freedom fighter who rose with the new nation, and called it to its highest principles as it was coming apart. Crawford delivers a lively, energetic, and substantive look at his extraordinary legacy, one that is, like all the best history, urgently relevant today.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Chris DeRose, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Fighting Bunch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"John Quincy Adams has had no shortage of biographers, but Bob Crawford's \n\u003ci\u003eAmerica's Founding Son \u003c\/i\u003epresents a fresh and exciting new take on the life of one of the most remarkable Americans of his era. With his engaging and highly readable style, Crawford admirably captures the man and his times. \n\u003ci\u003eAmerica's Founding Son\u003c\/i\u003e is an excellent addition to the literature on America's sixth president.\" \n\u003cb\u003e --James M. Bradley, author of \u003ci\u003eMartin Van Buren: America's First Politician\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"To both his podcasts and his book, \n\u003ci\u003eAmerica's Founding Son\u003c\/i\u003e, Bob Crawford brings a fun and engaging flare that all fellow history enthusiasts will love. Can't wait for him to take on his next subject.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Douglas Brunt, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Bob Crawford's \n\u003ci\u003eAmerica's Founding Son \u003c\/i\u003eis a riveting account of the extraordinary life of John Quincy Adams, America's sixth president. Adams touched nearly every great issue of his time: liberty, expansion, democracy, and the fight for human freedom. His story is not just the tale of one man's life, but of the birth, contradictions, and enduring promise of the United States itself. Adams's unyielding moral vision and lifelong devotion to service and principle, often at the expense of popularity, make him a figure of uncommon integrity in American history. It's a story all the more meaningful today.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Ken Burns, award-winning filmmaker \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"It's commonplace for scholars to overlook John Quincy Adams when ranking great national leaders between the Revolutionary War and the Civil War. Historian Bob Crawford doesn't make that mistake. His brilliantly rendered portrayal of our nation's sixth president, in \n\u003ci\u003eAmerica's Founding Son\u003c\/i\u003e, presents Adams as Constitutional sage, diplomat extraordinaire, political powerhouse, and anti-slavery activist. Every page crackles with fresh insights and telling anecdotes. Highly recommended!\" \n\u003cb\u003e --Douglas Brinkley, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author, and professor of history at Rice University \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA NATIONAL BESTSELLER \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A riveting account of the extraordinary life of John Quincy Adams, America's sixth president.\" --Ken Burns, award-winning filmmaker \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Brilliantly rendered...every page crackles with fresh insights and telling anecdotes.\" --Douglas Brinkley, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author, and professor of history at Rice University \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn accessible and entertaining biography of our nation's greatest public servant and original political maverick John Quincy Adams, from the bassist of the Grammy-nominated band the Avett Brothers.\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDuring the tumultuous period between the era of the Founding Fathers and the disunion of the Civil War, John Quincy Adams was the man standing in the breach. After an unsuccessful presidential reelection campaign, he was left reckoning with his political legacy. But Adams would be dragged back into the fray in ways he never expected, pitting him against the slavocracy and Southern congressmen and solidifying him as a key ally to the antislavery cause. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eAmerica's Founding Son \u003c\/i\u003etells the tale of Adams's turbulent government career and his evolving views on slavery. Adams, along with lesser-known abolitionists Benjamin Lundy and Theodore Weld, found himself at the center of the coalition that leveled the first blow against slave power in the United States. The battles they fought would be foundational in the push for emancipation to follow. An entertaining deep dive into an under explored period in American history, \n\u003ci\u003eAmerica's Founding Son \u003c\/i\u003eshows how John Quincy Adams and the grassroots activism of the 1830s and '40s shifted American politics forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e 02\/01\/2026 (EAN 9781638932604, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 04\/06\/2026 (EAN 9781638932604, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e 11\/15\/2025 (EAN 9781638932604, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/span\u003e 01\/01\/2026 pg. 63 (EAN 9781638932604, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n","brand":"Zando","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51496188313878,"sku":"9781638932604","price":33.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/9781638932604.jpg?v=1783057087","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/americas-founding-son-john-quincy-adams-from-president-to-political-maverick","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}