books.google.com - Nagel probes deeply into the psyche of this cantankerous, misanthropic, erudite, hardworking son of a former president whose remarkable career spanned many offices: minister to Holland, Russia, and England, U.S. senator, secretary of state, president of the United States (1825-1829), and, finally, U.S....http://books.google.com/books/about/John_Quincy_Adams.html?id=rKdN8t3Y9kkC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareJohn Quincy Adams