Abigail Adams
A Biography
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Publisher Description
Wife of one president and mother of another, Abigail Adams was an extraordinary woman living at an extraordinary time in American history. A tireless letter writer and diarist, her penetrating and often caustic impressions of most of the major persons of her day--including Ben Franklin, George and Martha Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and King George III, among others--provide one of the best first-hand accounts of the American Revolution. This biography, researched and written over a fourteen-year period, is a fascinating portrait of a brilliant woman at the center of the founding of the American republic.
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Abigail Adams, wife and mother of presidents, warned her husband John that women "would forment a rebellion'' if they were denied rights in the new republic. Journalist Levin draws freely on the First Lady's diaries and voluminous correspondence in which she commented on political issues and recounted the 54-year partnership with her husband in rearing a family, forming a nation and handling delicate diplomacy abroad. Intellectually keen and curious, Abigail Adams, as shown here, was resourceful, loyal and fiercely patriotic. While accepting the sacrifice of personal life to public service, she bitterly resented her husband's extended absences. A ``worldly puritan'' and capable farm manager, she learned how to behave with royalty and as hostess to statesmen including Jefferson, with whom she maintained a stormy friendship. Levin furnishes the historical frame for the domestic and public events that inspired the remarkable actions and writings of Abigail Adams. Photos not seen by PW. History Book Club, BOMC and QPBC selections.
