John Adams
The 2nd Presidency (1797–1801)By Atlas Meyers
Length1h 6m
About this audiobook
If Washington was the invention of the American ideal, John Adams was the intrusion of reality. His presidency serves as the first true stress test of the Constitutional machinery: a demonstration of what happens when a mortal man, stripped of mythic infallibility, steps into a role designed for a demigod.
We traverse the years 1797 to 1801, a period defined by a singular, suffocating paranoia. The United States found itself locked in an undeclared naval war with its former savior, France, while internal political fissures widened into canyons of ideological hatred. This is the story of a presidency besieged by friends and enemies alike.
We observe Adams (brilliant, insecure, and stubbornly independent) navigating a political landscape rigged with the trapdoors of a burgeoning party system. It is a study of the friction between liberty and security, culminating in the republic’s first great sin against free speech and its first peaceful surrender of power to a rival faction.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★★ 5.0 (1)
GenreHistory, Biography and Memoir
Length1 hr 6 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 28, 2025
LanguageEnglish
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