Abigail Adams

About this book

In this book Edith B. Gelles asserts that Abigail Adams vivid insightful letters are "the best account that exists from the pre to the post-Revolutionary period in America of a womans life and world." Adams spontaneous witty letters serve dual purposes for the modern reader: it provides an intriguing first hand account of pivotal historical events and it shows how these events from the Boston Tea Party to the War of 1812 entered the private sphere. Included in the book is a chronology notes and reference section and a selected bibliography. This book will be a must for all scholars of American literature history and politics seeking to understand this literary figure.