Tucson Festival of Books

Henry Adams, the Last American Aristocrat


Author David S. Brown has written a revelatory biography of literary icon Henry Adams, one of America’s most prominent writers and intellectuals of his era. Adams witnessed and contributed to the United States’ dramatic transition from a colonial society to a modern nation. Brown discusses Adams's place in American literature and history.


Panelist
David Brown

David S. Brown teaches history at Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania. He is the author of several books including "The Last American Aristocrat," "Paradise Lost: A Life of F. Scott Fitzgerald" and "Richard Hofstadter: An Intellectual Biography....