The Five of Hearts | The Five of Hearts

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Author: Patricia O’Toole
First Published: 1990
Type of Work: Biography
Time of Work: 1838-1918
Setting: The United States
Principal Characters: Henry Adams, Miriam “clover” Adams, John Hay, Clara Hay, Clarence King, Elizabeth Sherman Cameron
Genres: Nonfiction, Memoir, Letters, Biography
Subjects: United States or Americans, Politics, Nineteenth century, Science or scientists, Friendship, Class consciousness, Native Americans or American Indians, Working class, Photography or photographers, Tuberculosis, Geology or geologists, Maps
Locales: United States

Handsomely illustrated and full of the results of original research, Patricia O’Toole’s well-written group portrait The Five of Hearts keeps its promise of presenting “an intimate portrait of Henry Adams and his friends” and richly rewards its readers with a superb, fresh look at its subjects. Admirably, O’Toole’s book never becomes simply sensationalist or remains on the surface of polite and respectful pondering; her portrait is fair, generally complete, and endears its subjects to a contemporary reader

The Five of Hearts | The Five of Hearts

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