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.
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
