History of the United States During the Administrations of James Madison [1809-1817] (The Library of America Series Volume 32)

1436, [8] pp. 8vo. "This monumental work, the second of two Library of America volumes, culminated Henry Adams’s lifelong fascination with the American past. Writing at the height of his powers, Adams understood the true subject as the consolidation of the American nation and character, and his treatment has never been surpassed."