Dearest Friend: A Life of Abigail Adams
By Lynne Withey.
Description
The lively, authoritative, New York Times bestselling biography of Abigail Adams.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 hel...
ISBN(s)
074323443X, 9780743234436
