Bibliograph

Abigail Adams, witness to a revolution, Natalie S. Bober

Type

Label

Abigail Adams, witness to a revolution, Natalie S. Bober

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-242) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

genealogical tablesillustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Abigail Adams

Nature of contents

bibliography

resource.references

From biography to history : best books for children's entertainment and education by Catherine Barr

Responsibility statement

Natalie S. Bober

Sub title

witness to a revolution

Summary

Book opens with a detailed chronology of the life of Abigail Adams, the wife of the second president of the United States and the mother of the sixth president. Chapters chronicle the life and era of this spirited woman and include many excerpts from her own writings

Table Of Contents

"a very incorrect writer" -- "Ballast is what I want" -- "You may take me" -- "the weaker sex" -- "I should...have been a rover" -- "The flame is kindled" -- "Partner in all the Joys and Sorrows" -- "I want some sentimental Effusions of the Heart" -- "Mrs. Delegate" -- "Remember the Ladies" -- "I want a companion a Nights" -- "to rob me of all my happiness" -- "And shall I see his face again?" -- "Who shall give me back Time?" -- "safely landed" -- "one of the choice ones of the earth" -- "the three-fold cord" -- "You, I must and will have" -- "a jewel of great price" -- "Splendid Misery" -- "If man is Lord, woman is Lordess" -- "young Shoots and Branches" -- "What have I not lost" -- "Dearest Friend."

Target audience

juvenile

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