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Abigail Adams: An American Woman
Abigail Adams An American Woman
Author: Charles W. Akers, Oscar Handlin
While John Adams' career in law kept him away from his wife, Abigail, and their five children for long periods of time, Abigail wrote him hundreds of letters. These vivid and eloquent letters illuminate the daily life of a family during revolutionary Colonial times and speak of the exceptional character of our nation's second First Lady. Abigail...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780316020404
ISBN-10: 0316020400
Publication Date: 1/1980
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Publisher: Little Brown Co (P)
Book Type: Paperback
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An acct of the wife and mother of 2 presidents. Abigal was much more involved in the start of the nation than we would generally think of women of the era. Interesting, different perspective.
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