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Product Identifiers
PublisherSimon Pulse
ISBN-100689819161
ISBN-139780689819162
eBay Product ID (ePID)429172
Product Key Features
Book TitleAbigail Adams : Witness to a Revolution
Number of Pages272 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicBiography & Autobiography / General, History / United States / General, Girls & Women, Biography & Autobiography / Presidents & First Families (U.S.)
Publication Year1998
IllustratorYes
GenreJuvenile Nonfiction, Young Adult Nonfiction
AuthorNatalie S. Bober
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight11.8 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceYoung Adult Audience
Dewey Edition20
Grade FromSeventh Grade
Grade ToTwelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal973.4/4/092 B
SynopsisThe wife of one president and the mother of another, Abigail Adams was an extraordinary woman in her own right. She experienced the gathering storm of the Revolutionary War and saw the battle of Bunker Hill from a hilltop near her home. The letters written by Abigail Adams to her friends and family bring the Revolutionary period alive, mingling details of everyday life with the momentous events of her time. Abigail Adams is given her own place in history in this award-winning biography, which captures the personality of its subject and the time in which she lived., Abigail Adams is often referred to as the wife of one president and the mother of another. Rarely is she described as a woman in her own right. Although her primary focus and concerns were in her role as wife and mother, she lives in history because of her extraordinary letters to her family and to her friends. She was a witness to the gathering storm of the Revolutionary War. She saw the Battle of Bunker Hill from a hilltop near her home, and soldiers marching past her door frequently stopped for a drink of water. Because she was so close to the scene, she was able to give firsthand reports of the American Revolution to her husband and other leaders creating a new government, as she wrote about the times and the people who played vital roles in the birth of our nation. Mingling the intimate with the momentous, she documented what it was like to live at a time when education was not available to young women, and when pregnancy and childbirth meant the fear of death. Colonial women were called upon to make life-and-death decisions for their children, to educate their daughters, and to run their farms when their husbands were away for months, or sometimes for years, at a time. Yet they had, at best, second-class legal and political status. Abigail Adams's independent spirit, her sense of humor, and her remarkable intellect, as shown in her letters, open a wide window on a crucial period in our nation's history, and bring Abigail Adams and her time to life., Abigail Adams was an extraordinary woman who witnessed the gathering storm of the American Revolution and saw the battle of Bunker Hill from a hilltop near her home. Through her letters to friends and family, Abigail Adams lives in history--and now in this award-winning biography by Natalie Bober.
LC Classification NumberLC 94-19259
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