Abigail Adams: Letters : Library of America #275: 4 (Library of America Adams Family Collection) - Hardcover

Book 2 of 4: Library of America Adams Family Collection

Abigail Adams; Edith Gelles

 
9781598534658: Abigail Adams: Letters : Library of America #275: 4 (Library of America Adams Family Collection)

Synopsis

Abigail Adams: Letters presents 450 texts chosen and annotated by acclaimed Adams biographer Edith Gelles. Featuring letters to her husband and children and to such correspondents as Thomas Jefferson, the collection showcases Adams's astute political sense and her understanding of the American Revolution; the presidential administrations and personalities of Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and Madison; and the beginning of the political career of her son, future president John Quincy Adams.

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About the Author

Edith Gelles, editor, is Senior Scholar at Stanford's Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research and the author of Abigail & John: Portrait of a Marriage as well as the biographies Abigail Adams: A Writing Life and Portia: The World of Abigail Adams.

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