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.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Contents
Preface
A Minister's Daughter
John
Wife and Mother
Politics
War
Independence
A Woman's Sacrifice
The Long Separation
Years of Decision
Europe
"The Ambassadress"
A Homesick American
The Vice President's Lady
An Interlude at Quincy
Mrs. President
"The Federal City"
The Matriarch of Peacefield
The Curtain Falls
Epilogue
Sources for Quotations
A Note on Sources
Index
Preface
