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'America's Founding Son' traces John Quincy Adams from president to political maverick

Author, podcast host and musician Bob Crawford joins Morning Joe to discuss his new book 'America's Founding Son: John Quincy ...
WGAL

Special election in parts Adams and Cumberland counties could shift State House balance

BUILDING WAS DESTROYED IN A FIRE IN 2023. IT IS 635 AND THE RACE IS ON FOR THE 193RD DISTRICT, COVERING ADAMS AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES. POLLS OPEN IN ABOUT A HALF AN HOUR AT 7:00 THIS MORNING. THEY’LL ...
Post and Courier

This member of The Avett Brothers with SC ties has written a book, and not one you might expect

ROCK HILL — Back in March 2001, Bob Crawford had just joined forces with Scott and Seth Avett as a bass player. Crawford never imagined that 25 years from that fateful beginning he'd be writing a book ...
The Atlantic

The Fugitive Slave Who Wrote to the President

In 1825, Life of William Grimes, the Runaway Slave, Written by Himself became the first known fugitive-slave narrative in American history. Although earlier autobiographical accounts of slavery had ...
The New York Times

The Avett Brothers’ Bassist on Writing a John Quincy Adams Book

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Yahoo

An Avett Brothers band member just wrote a book ... on John Quincy Adams?

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The words beach read and John Quincy Adams seem about as unlikely a pairing as a folk rock star and a presidential historian. And ...
WLRN

'America's Founding Son' shares how John Quincy Adams became a political maverick

Bob Crawford has two careers. One is as the bassist for The Avett Brothers, a folk rock band that's had a following for more than 20 years. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "AINT NO MAN") THE AVETT BROTHERS: ...
NPR

'America's Founding Son' shares how John Quincy Adams became a political maverick

John Quincy Adams had one of the most consequential post-presidencies in U.S. history. NPR"s Steve Inskeep asks biographer Bob Crawford how Adams became the ultimate political maverick. Bob Crawford ...