Drawing on nearly two thousand surviving letters, Ackers portrays Adams as a shrewd political observer, a powerful and influential First Lady, and an early advocate of education for women

Abigail Adams: An American Woman

Biographies & Memoirs

HANDLIN, Oscar

Akers, Charles W.

Community & Culture

Little,Brown & Co

Abigail Adams, an American Woman: An American Woman (Library of American Biography)

Little. Brown and Company

The titles in the Library of American Biography Series make ideal supplements for American History Survey courses or other courses in American history where figures in history are explored. Paperback, brief, and inexpensive, each interpretative biography in this series focuses on a figure whose actions and ideas significantly influenced the course of American history and national life. At the same time, each biography relates the life of its subject to the broader themes and developments of the times. "Professor Akers...brings his subject vividly to life...A fascinating portrait of the wife of one of America's greatest statesmen." -- New York Times

Abigail Adams: An American Woman (2nd Edition)

History

Americas

Longman

Abigail Adams, an American Woman

Historical

Harpercollins

Divine Politician: Samuel Cooper and the American Revolution in Boston

Northeastern Univ Pr

Akers, Charles W., Carter, John W.

Bo McMillin Man and Legend

Carter, John W.

Sulgrave Pr

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