Chronicles the story of the Adams political family over a 150-year span, including John Adams (drafter and signer of the Declaration, accomplished diplomat, and the 2nd President of the U.S.), his wife Abigail Adams, his son John Quincy Adams (acclaimed Secretary of State, the 6th President, and prominent abolitionist Congressman), grandson Charles Francis Adams, Congressman and Ambassador to Great Britain during the Civil War, and much-heralded members of the fourth generation Henry Brooks Adams, the historian and author of the novel Democracy, and Charles Francis Adams II, the industrialist.
Creator: Virginia Kassel
Network: PBS
Seasons
1
Episodes
13
Status
Ended
Anne Howard Bailey
Narrator (voice)
George Hearn
Henry Clay
Allan Carlsen
John Adams II
George Grizzard
John Adams
William Daniels
John Quincy Adams
Pamela Payton-Wright
Louisa Catherine Adams
Wesley Addy
Andrew Jackson
W.B. Brydon
Samuel Adams