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The education of Henry Adams
by Henry Adams
First Published
1907
Subjects
Biography
Historians
Massachusetts Historical Society
Biography & Autobiography
Nonfiction
Classic Literature
Fiction
Adams, henry, 1838-1918
Historians, biography
Historians, united states
Literature
State & Local
Dictionaries
English language
General
Historical
Spanish
HISTORY
German
United states, history
Description
The Education of Henry Adams is the autobiography of the Bostonian Henry Adams. As he approached his seventieth birthday when "the mind wakes to find itself looking blankly into the void of death," Adams wrote and privately printed 100 copies of his "Education", a reflection on the incredible events of the 19th century. Adams meditates on his sense of disorientation with the scientific and technological expansion over his lifetime. After his death the book was commercially published, going on to become a best-seller and to win the Pulitzer Prize.