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Dearest Friend Lynne Withey

Dearest Friend von Lynne Withey

Dearest Friend Lynne Withey

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Zusammenfassung

On the heels of David McCullough's phenomenal No.1 New York Times bestseller JOHN ADAMS, a lively and authoritative biography of Adams's 'dearest friend.'

Dearest Friend Zusammenfassung

Dearest Friend: A Life of Abigail Adams Lynne Withey

DEAREST FRIEND is a full biography of Abigail Adams, the unschooled minister's daughter who became the most influential woman in Revolutionary America. Rich with excerpts from her incomparable letters and alive with the ferment of a new nation, DEAREST FRIEND captures both the public and private side of this fascinating woman. Intelligent, resourceful, and outspoken, she was her husband John's closest confidante, matriarch of America's first political dynasty, and an ardent advocate for a greater role for women and the abolition of slavery. With this book, her life, and her legacy, are finally ours to share.

Dearest Friend Bewertungen

As lively, sensible, and forthright as the woman about whom it is written. . . . Illuminating. * The Boston Globe *
Dearest Friend -- the Adamses' term for each other -- is most powerfully the history of a marriage, an Eleanor and Franklin for the 18th century with one important difference: Their marriage worked. -- Pauline Maier * The New York Times Book Review *
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. * Kirkus Reviews *

Über Lynne Withey

Lynne Withey's books include Voyages of Discovery: Captain James Cook and the Exploration of the Pacific (1987) and Grand Tours and Cook's Tours: A History of Leisure Travel, 1750-1915 (1997). She has taught history at the University of Iowa, Boston University, and the University of California at Berkeley, and is now the associate director of the University of California Press. She lives in San Francisco.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

Preface


  2. A Minister's Daughter
  3. John
  4. Wife and Mother
  5. Politics
  6. War
  7. Independence
  8. A Woman's Sacrifice
  9. The Long Separation
  10. Years of Decision
  11. Europe
  12. The Ambassadress
  13. A Homesick American
  14. The Vice President's Lady
  15. An Interlude at Quincy
  16. Mrs. President
  17. The Federal City
  18. The Matriarch of Peacefield
  19. The Curtain Falls

Epilogue

Sources for Quotations

A Note on Sources

Index

Preface

Zusätzliche Informationen

GOR012604841
9780743234436
074323443X
Dearest Friend: A Life of Abigail Adams Lynne Withey
Lynne Withey
Gebraucht - Gut Gelesen
Broschiert
Atria Books
20021021
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