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Dearest Friend: A Life of Abigail Adams Paperback - 2002
by Lynne Withey
Rich with excerpts from her incomparable letters and alive with the ferment of a new nation, "Dearest Friend" is the first full biography of Abigail Adams, the unschooled minister's daughter who became the most influential woman in Revolutionary America. of photos.
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This is the life of Abigail Adams, wife of patriot John Adams, who became the most influential woman in Revolutionary America. Rich with excerpts from her personal letters, Dearest Friend captures the public and private sides of this fascinating woman, who was both an advocate of slave emancipation and a burgeoning feminist, urging her husband to "Remember the Ladies" as he framed the laws of their new country.
John and Abigail Adams married for love. While John traveled in America and abroad to help forge a new nation, Abigail remained at home, raising four children, managing their estate, and writing letters to her beloved husband. Chronicling their remarkable fifty-four-year marriage, her blossoming feminism, her battles with loneliness, and her friendships with Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, Dearest Friend paints a portrait of Abigail Adams as an intelligent, resourceful, and outspoken woman.
John and Abigail Adams married for love. While John traveled in America and abroad to help forge a new nation, Abigail remained at home, raising four children, managing their estate, and writing letters to her beloved husband. Chronicling their remarkable fifty-four-year marriage, her blossoming feminism, her battles with loneliness, and her friendships with Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, Dearest Friend paints a portrait of Abigail Adams as an intelligent, resourceful, and outspoken woman.
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"Weymouth parsonage in Massachusetts in the 1750s was a lively, hospitable place, with four active young children and visitors coming and going all the time."
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- Title Dearest Friend: A Life of Abigail Adams
- Author Lynne Withey
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Pages 392
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Touchstone Books, New York
- Date 2002-07-09
- Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780743234436 / 074323443X
- Weight 0.95 lbs (0.43 kg)
- Dimensions 9.24 x 6.08 x 0.94 in (23.47 x 15.44 x 2.39 cm)
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Themes
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Library of Congress subjects Presidents' spouses - United States, Adams, John
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 80070694
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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Withey has not only brought Abigail to life, she has also added new depth and richness to our understanding of the intricate history of feminist thought.
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