Adams National Historical Park, formerly Adams National Historic Site, in Quincy, Massachusetts, preserves the home of Presidents of the United States John Adams and John Quincy Adams, of U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, Charles Francis Adams, and of the writers and historians Henry Adams and Brooks Adams.
He has written more than twenty books, including ones about James Russell Lowell (a National Book Award finalist), Charles Francis Adams, Sr. (Bancroft Prize winner), Paul Robeson, Stonewall, a biography of Howard Zinn and the memoir Cures: A Gay Man's Odyssey.
Charles Darwin | Charles Dickens | Charles, Prince of Wales | Ray Charles | Charles II of England | Charles I of England | Charles Lindbergh | Charles de Gaulle | Charles II | Charles | John Adams | Charles I | Prince Charles | Francis Bacon | Charles V | Francis I of France | Francis Ford Coppola | Bryan Adams | Pope Francis | Connie Francis | Douglas Adams | Charles Scribner's Sons | John Quincy Adams | Charles Aznavour | Francis I | Francis Poulenc | Charles University in Prague | Charles Stanley | Charles Bukowski | Charles Mingus |
He wrote numerous reviews of works about American and British history for the North American Review.