Dynamo and Virgin

Henry Adams (1838 - 1918). A few interesting things to consider about Adams: Adams was a member of American political royalty - - the grandson of John Quincy Adams and great-grandson of John Adams. The Education of Henry Adams, from which "The Dynamo and the Virgin" is excerpted, was published privately in 1907 but only released to the public after Adams' death in 1918. Although often read as an autobiography, The Education of Henry Adams omits what some might consider to be very pertinent events in the life of Henry Adams, including the 1885 suicide of his wife, Marian Hooper Adams.