John Quincy Adams

Blogs
February 20, 2012
The Favorite Foods of All 44 Presidents
After an exhaustive search of public records and historical documents at the Library of Congress (read: drunken Google search), we are ready to honor President's Day with a comprehensive list of the foods enjoyed by our fearless leaders of the past. Throughout this process one question continued ... More >>
Blogs
October 17, 2011
Heritage Auctions Asks Dallas Federal Judge: Tell Us Who Owns John Quincy Adams Letters
Via.John Quincy Adams by Ed Alstrom, 2003 Once again Unfair Park's cross-the-street neighbor Heritage Auction Galleries finds itself caught between two parties claiming to own historical missives -- in this case, letters written by John Quincy Adams, which are currently being kept in a vault on M ... More >>
Blogs
February 17, 2011
Of Broccoli-Hating, Deranged Bowels and Ex-Presidents
Yeah, we don't like broccoli either.Abraham Lincoln had plenty of notable characteristics, but a healthy appetite wasn't among them. Even his stepmother wasn't impressed by his eating habits: "Abe was a moderate eater," she recalled. Lincoln typically ate an egg for breakfast and an apple for ... More >>
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Comfortably numb
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Film
December 11, 1997
Out of Africa
Spielberg delivers a wildly erratic--and tumultuously moving--historical epic with the overreaching passion of a man possessed

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