Abigail Adams: Witness to a Revolution

Abigail Adams is often described as "the wife of one president and the mother of another" what about her personality was so presidential? Through an analysis of many letters Abigail sent over the course of her life, we uncover her private thoughts about both everyday life and momentous events in American history. In this unique biography, we are able to see Abigail Adams as an individual of her own time, rather than through a modern lens, and we are able to understand her personality as a product of the time and place in which she lived. Readers will feel as if they really know Abigail Adams the woman who supported the second president and raised the sixth. A chronology of the Adams' lives and revolutionary events is also included. 221 pages, paperback Rachel