Abigail and John Portrait of a Marriage

Name: Abigail and John Portrait of a Marriage
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ISBN: 9780061354120

ISBN-10: 0061354120

ISBN-13: 9780061354120

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Authors: Edith Gelles

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Married in 1764, Abigail and John Adams worked side by side for a decade, raising a family while John became one of the most prosperous, respected lawyers in Massachusetts. When his duties as a statesman and diplomat during the Revolutionary War expanded, Abigail and John endured lengthy separations. But their loyalty and love remained strong, as their passionate, forthright letters attest. It's in this correspondence that Abigail comes into her own as an independent woman. It's also in these exchanges that we learn about the familial tragedies that tested them: the early deaths of their son Charles from alcoholism and their daughter Nabby from breast cancer.As much a romance as it is a…

Book details

List price: $19.99
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 4/13/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.00" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

EDITH B. GELLES is a historian and affiliated scholar at the Institute for Research on Women and Gender at Stanford.