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Interview: Garry Wills discusses his book "Henry Adams and the Making of America"

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From: Talk of the Nation (NPR)
Date: 20050915
Author:LYNN NEARY

LYNN NEARY
Talk of the Nation (NPR)
09-15-2005
Interview: Garry Wills discusses his book "Henry Adams and the Making of America"

Host: LYNN NEARY
Time: 3:00-4:00 PM

LYNN NEARY, host:

This is TALK OF THE NATION. I'm Lynn Neary in Washington, sitting in for Neal Conan.

If Americans know anything about Henry Adams, they probably know that he is the great-grandson of one of the nation's first presidents and Founding Fathers, John Adams. They may also know him as the grandson of President John Quincy Adams. It's possible they've read his autobiography, "The Education of Henry Adams," or his ...

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