First family : Abigail and John
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Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2010].
Format
Book
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
x, 299 pages ; 25 cm
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Waterloo Public Library - Adult Nonfiction
973.44 ADA
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973.44 ADA
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Adams, Abigail -- Marriage.
Adams, Abigail, -- 1744-1818 -- Marriage.
Adams, Abigail, -- 1744-1818.
Adams, Abigail, -- 1744-1818.
Adams, Abigail, -- 1744-1818. -- Marriage.
Adams, Abigail.
Adams, John -- Marriage.
Adams, John, -- 1735-1826 -- Marriage.
Adams, John, -- 1735-1826.
Adams, John.
Married people -- United States -- Biography.
Married people -- United States -- Biography.
Nonfiction.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Presidents' spouses -- United States -- Biography.
Presidents' spouses -- United States -- Biography.
Adams, Abigail, -- 1744-1818 -- Marriage.
Adams, Abigail, -- 1744-1818.
Adams, Abigail, -- 1744-1818.
Adams, Abigail, -- 1744-1818. -- Marriage.
Adams, Abigail.
Adams, John -- Marriage.
Adams, John, -- 1735-1826 -- Marriage.
Adams, John, -- 1735-1826.
Adams, John.
Married people -- United States -- Biography.
Married people -- United States -- Biography.
Nonfiction.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Presidents' spouses -- United States -- Biography.
Presidents' spouses -- United States -- Biography.
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Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2010].
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Notes
General Note
"This is a Borzoi Book"--Title page verso.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-285) and index.
Description
John and Abigail Adams left a remarkable portrait of their lives together in their personal correspondence: both were prolific letter writers (although John conceded that Abigail was the more gifted), and over the years they exchanged more than twelve hundred letters. Joseph J. Ellis distills them to give us an account both intimate and panoramic; part biography, part political history, and part love story. Ellis describes their first meeting as inauspicious--John was twenty-four, Abigail just fifteen, and each was entirely unimpressed. But they soon began a passionate correspondence that resulted in their marriage five years later. Over the next decades, the couple were separated nearly as much as they were together. When John became president, Abigail's health led to reservations about moving to the swamp on the Potomac, but he persuaded her that he needed his closest advisor by his side. Here, John and Abigail's relationship unfolds in the context of America's birth as a nation.--From publisher description.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Ellis, J. J. (2010). First family: Abigail and John . Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ellis, Joseph J. 2010. First Family: Abigail and John. Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ellis, Joseph J. First Family: Abigail and John Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Ellis, Joseph J. First Family: Abigail and John Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.
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