John Quincy Adams-America’s Founding Son

At the Book Loft! Bob Crawford’s best-selling new book, America’s Founding Son, talk and discussion about the life and times of John Quincy Adams with OSU Woody Hayes Chair, Historian Christopher McKnight Nichols, OSU’s Faculty Chair for the America at 250 Initiative. America’s Founding Son tells the tale of Adams’s turbulent government career and his evolving views on slavery. Adams, along with lesser-known abolitionists Benjamin Lundy and Theodore Weld, found himself at the center of the coalition that leveled the first blow against slave power in the United States. The battles they fought would be foundational in the push for emancipation to follow. An entertaining deep dive into an underexplored period in American history, America’s Founding Son shows how John Quincy Adams and the grassroots activism of the 1830s and ’40s shifted American politics forever. 7:00 PM June 17, 2026 https://bookloft.com/event/2026-06-17/bob-crawford-americas-founding-son