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Title: Dearest Friend : A Life of Abigail Adams by Lynne Withey ISBN: 0-7432-3443-X Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: 09 July, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.25 (8 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Ambiguous
Comment: I assigned this book to college freshmen and sophs.... in US History.
I did not like how it portrayed Abigail as "long suffering," yet strong. The two did not mesh well.
Rating: 4
Summary: An amazing woman!
Comment: During the history of the United States there have been many women who have sacrificed just as much or more for their country than did Abigail Adams, but not many. Thanks to the voluminous correspondence of Mrs. Adams this book was made possible and should stand as a monument to all of these women.
In recent years the life of John Adams has been reexamined and his role in American history has again come to the forefront. Without Abigail, Mr. Adams could never have accomplished what he did. For unlike many of the other leaders of the Revolution, Adams was not a man of means. When he was away, someone had to look after the family's domestic concerns. That someone was Abigail. John became so accustomed to having Abigail to take care of home and hearth that when he did have time to see to such matters he seldom did.
This book details the work Abigail did behind the scenes to allow John to make his vital contributions to American independence. We see a strong woman who is more than willing to take charge of a given situation and make a decision. We also see however a wife who misses her husband. Abigail and John Adams are one of the true love stories of history. Their complete devotion to each other is amazing, especially in that the longer they were together the more in love they became. In the end becoming almost one soul in two bodies. Abigail's worst hardships didn't involve the work she did but the separations from John. Separations that lasted months and then years at a time.
Abigail is also shown in this book as a woman of strong conviction but also a woman of great contradiction. She and her husband helped make the American Revolution but she detested revolution as a threat to the social order. She believed strongly in a good education for women but still thought a woman's place was in the home. She believed the election of a Republican President would destroy the republic, but eventually became a Republican herself. Mrs. Adams was also probably a better politician than her husband was and while she had much influence on her husband, there were times when he paid no attention to her and ended up wishing he had. For example, it was Abigail who first saw the danger posed by Alexander Hamilton and it was Hamilton who in the end cost John the Presidency.
An excellent book but not complete. A much larger volume would be required to do this great lady justice. Still, it is wonderful that there is such a book at all for the women of that era are often forgotten. Abigail once advised John to not forget the ladies. Advise we should remember in the 21st century.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Woman Behind the Man
Comment: While in college I took an American History class because I wanted to, not because I had to. In the process of writing a paper on the role of women in the American Revolution, I found so many references to Abigail Adams, that I knew at some point in the future I would have to read her biography. Well, I just completed this book and I can't recommend it more highly!
With so many books regarding the Founding Fathers being touted at the bookstores recently, it's wonderful to read the story of one of the Women behind one of the Men. Though not traditionally educated Abigail's knowledge of politics, curiousity about everything, and affection for family and friends is well-documented through excerpts from her numerous letters. The sacrifices both she and her husband made for the fledgling America are a sober reminder of the courage and bravery required of our ancestors.
In a time when woman were subservient to men, she stood head and shoulders above other members of her gender. Her husband wisely depended on her counsel, love and care.
This is a wonderful biography that takes the reader back in time and place so vividly as to feel present at the birth of a nation and a voyeur into the unfolding political career of the second President of the United States and the woman who loved him.
I, too, wish American History had been presented this richly in my grammar and high school years.
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Title: Abigail Adams : A Biography by Phyllis Lee Levin ISBN: 031229168X Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 05 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: John Adams by David McCullough ISBN: 0743223136 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 03 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: The Letters of John and Abigail Adams by John Adams, Frank Shuffleton, Abigail Adams, Frank Shuffelton ISBN: 0142437115 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 30 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: The Adams-Jefferson Letters: The Complete Correspondence Between Thomas Jefferson and Abigail and John Adams by Lester J. Cappon ISBN: 0807842303 Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr Pub. Date: September, 1988 List Price(USD): $19.83 |
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Title: The Book of Abigail and John: Selected Letters of the Adams Family, 1762-1784 by John Adams, L. H. Butterfield, Marc Friedlaender, Mary-Jo Kline, Abigail S. Adams ISBN: 1555535224 Publisher: Northeastern University Press Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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