HBO Max's John Adams is set before, after, and during the Revolutionary War, and gives viewers a unique viewpoint of the conflict, one that most war TV shows tend to avoid. The list of great war TV ...

This book cover image released by Dutton shows "John Quincy Adams: A Man for the Whole People" by Randall Woods. (Dutton via AP) ...

Last week I struggled to find a passage from David McCullough’s John Adams and lamented the difficulty of searching books for key excerpts online (see Googling John Adams). This week I found the ...

For some people, becoming president of the United States marks the apex of their ambition. However, it is not always the high point of their careers in public service. Perhaps the clearest examples of ...

In 1797, John Adams became the second American president, having won election by three votes in the Electoral College. Although George Washington had set a momentous precedent by relinquishing power — ...