 On this 4th of July holiday, we spend some time remembering a former president. John Quincy Adams was perhaps best known as the first son of a U.S. president to also serve as a U.S. president. And perhaps that may be the only thing you know about him as a person. But over the course of more than 700 pages, Randall Woods lays out a biography of John Quincy Adams as a whole person, not just a list of accomplishments.