Lynne Withey

Dearest Friend The Life of Abigail Adams

Touchstone, 2001. Hardcover. First printing of this edition. Fine in bright, crisp dust jacket. Hardcover. 369 pp. Illustrations. Biography of one of the most remarkable women of the colonial/American Revolutionary period and one of the most intellectualy accomplished First Ladies. Though she grew up an unschooled minister's daughter, she became the most influential women of Revolutionary America. She married John Adams for love, they remained married for 54 years, and her letters, addressed to him as her "Dearest Friend", not only give a vivid view of domestic life but also the political moods of the time. Fine / fine. Item #E23989
ISBN: 9780743229173

Price: $12.95