First Thoughts: Life and Letters of Abigail Adams - Couverture rigide

Gelles, Edith Belle

9780805716481: First Thoughts: Life and Letters of Abigail Adams

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ISBN 10 : 0805716483 ISBN 13 : 9780805716481

Editeur : Twayne Publishers Inc.,U.S., 1998

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Book by Edith B Gelles

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Pr�sentation de l'�diteur :

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 woman's 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.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Edith B. Gelles is a Senior Scholar at the Institute for Research on Women and Gender at Stanford University and the author of Portia: The World of Abigail Adams, winner of the American Historical Association's Herbert Feis Award.

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