{"product_id":"the-education-of-henry-adams-a-centennial-version-massachusetts-historical-society","title":"The Education of Henry Adams: A Centennial Version (Massachusetts Historical Society)","description":"\u003cp\u003eBoth a winner of the Pulitzer Prize and at the head of the Modern Librarys list of the one hundred best English-language nonfiction books of the twentieth century  The Education of Henry Adams has long been revered as a great work of literature. Written by Adams in the third person  the book became known for founding a new genre best described as \"an education\"an account not of life  but of learning. A tireless historian  politician  and traveler  Adams was from first to last a dedicated learner capable of great originality. In this text  Adams uses his background information (such as place of birth  voyage destinations  and alma mater) but little else  placing his protagonist in front of lifes various pitfalls with the object of providing those stepping out into the world with the tools they need to handle themselves in the face of adversity. By inventing his own fictional missteps  Adams allows readers to educate themselves on how to approach lifes curveballs. Although The Education of Henry Adams has long been considered a classic  until now the only editions available were those from 1907 and 1918. The former  which appeared in Adamss lifetime  was a private printing of only one hundred copies  containing hundreds of printers errors and editorial inconsistencies. The latter  printed by the Massachusetts Historical Society and Houghton Mifflin Company after Adamss death in March of 1918  amounted to a wholesale modernization of Adamss work  leaving telling defects  including stylistic inconsistencies and incomplete sentences. With The Education of Henry Adams: A Centennial Version  editors Edward Chalfant and Conrad Edick Wright have at long last returned this celebrated book to the authors vision. Combining close attention to the private printings typesetting and editorial shortcomings with valuable insights into the history of the book and Adamss reasons for writing it  they have also inserted marginal corrections by Adams in his working copies of the 1907 printing. With an introductory note  an invitation to readers  and a postscript  they have both traced the texts own story and offered a compelling interpretation of the authors motives.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44948425539637,"sku":"ByrdShop_0934909911","price":225.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780934909914_cfc06a1f-c47f-4e19-b011-4fdb062da7f0.jpg?v=1772676790","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-education-of-henry-adams-a-centennial-version-massachusetts-historical-society","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}