Bibliograph

Abigail & John, portrait of a marriage, Edith B. Gelles

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Abigail & John, portrait of a marriage, Edith B. Gelles

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p.[315]-326) and index

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collective biography

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Abigail & John

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

191930823

Responsibility statement

Edith B. Gelles

Sub title

portrait of a marriage

Summary

The story of Abigail and John Adams is as much a romance as it is a lively chapter in the early history of this country. The marriage of the second president and first lady is one of the most extraordinary examples of passion and endurance that this country has ever witnessed. And it is a drama peopled with a pantheon of eighteenth-century stars: George and Martha Washington, Thomas Jefferson, his daughter Patsy, Ben Franklin, and Mercy Otis Warren. --from publisher description

Table Of Contents

The steel and the magnet -- A tye more binding -- Separation and the new covenant -- A new code of laws -- War and the way of duty -- Republican father -- Diplomacy at home and abroad -- In the midst of the world in solitude -- At the court of St. James's -- Looking homeward -- The most insignificant office -- Splendid misery -- The Adamses retire -- Time and silence

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Abigail and John

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