JOHN QUINCY ADAMSBennett Champ ClarkLittle, Brown ($3.75).
John Quincy Adams' mother loved him; apparently his wife did also, but there were few others. After reading Author Clark's biography of him it is easy to see why. Cold son of a cold New England father, John Quincy was brought up in a tradition of public service, in a day when the words had no commercial connotation. After the mill of Harvard and a law office, John Quincy Adams embarked on a diplomatic career, became successively Senator, Ambassador, Secretary of State, President. Short (5 ft....
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