Ebook {Epub PDF} Abigail Adams by Woody Holton

 · Abigail Adams. Woody Holton. Simon and Schuster, Jun 1, - Biography Autobiography - pages. 3 Reviews. Winner of the Bancroft Prize. The New York Times Book Review, Editor’s Choice/5(3). In this vivid new biography of Abigail Adams, the most illustrious woman of the founding era, prize-winning historian Woody Holton offers a sweeping reinterpretation of Adams's life story and of women's roles in the creation of the republic. Using previously overlooked documents from numerous archives, Abigail Adams shows that the wife of the second president of the United States was far more /5(). Woody Holton’s excavation of the financial aspects of Abigail Adams’s life and, to a lesser extent, those of John Adams, adds a new dimension to our understanding of this famous couple. However, too often, Holton’s resorts to the old method of quoting letters arranged chronologically to /5().

In this vivid new biography of Abigail Adams, the most illustrious woman of the founding era, prize-winning historian Woody Holton offers a sweeping reinterpretation of Adams's life story and of women's roles in the creation of the republic. Using previously overlooked documents from numerous archives, Abigail Adams shows that the wife of the. Abigail Adams offers a fresh perspective on the famous events of Adams's life, and along the way, Woody Holton, a renowned historian of the American Revolution, takes on numerous myths about the men and women of the founding era. But the book also demonstrates that domestic dramas-from unplanned pregnancies to untimely deaths-could be just as heartbreaking, significant, and inspiring as the. Woody Holton artfully shapes vast archives of documents and correspondence into an intimate portrait of a freethinking, clever and articulate visionary navigating the narrow perimeters of her time. Though the word did not yet exist in the late 's, Abigail Adams may well have been the country's first feminist.

Abigail Adams. Woody Holton. Simon and Schuster, Jun 1, - Biography Autobiography - pages. 3 Reviews. Winner of the Bancroft Prize. The New York Times Book Review, Editor’s Choice. Indeed, the woman featured in Woody Holton’s lively biography, “Abigail Adams,” often emerges as the dominant partner, just as confident in her own good judgment as John Adams notoriously. Woody Holton’s excavation of the financial aspects of Abigail Adams’s life and, to a lesser extent, those of John Adams, adds a new dimension to our understanding of this famous couple. However, too often, Holton’s resorts to the old method of quoting letters arranged chronologically to recite Abigail’s history.