Abigail Adams : a life / Woody Holton.
Prof. Woody Holton (NBA-finalist for Unruly Americans) reveals that American icon Abigail Adams was far wiser and wilier than previously known.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781416546801
- ISBN: 1416546804
- Physical Description: 483 pages ; cm
- Edition: 1st Free Press edition
- Publisher: New York : Free Press, [2009]
- Copyright: ©2009
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- 1 "A Tender Twig," 1744-1761 1 -- 2 "Miss Adorable," 1761-1764 13 -- 3 "For Saucyness No Mortal Can Match Him," 1764 21 -- 4 "Mrs. Adams," 1764-1770 33 -- 5 "I Should Certainly Have Been a Rover," 1770-1774 45 -- 6 "Mrs. Delegate," 1774 56 -- 7 "Portia," 1774-1775 68 -- 8 "My Pen Is Always Freer Than My Tongue," 1775 78 -- 9 "Remember the Ladies," 1776 96 -- 10 "This Suspence Is Painfull," 1776 108 -- 11 "To Bear "What I Cannot Fly From," 1777 121 -- 12 "An Army of Women," 1777-1778 130 -- 13 "I Should Be a Gainer," 1778-1780 144 -- 14 "A Queer Being," 1780-1781 156 -- 15 "Nothing Venture Nothing Have," 1782 171 -- 16 "I Will Run You in Debt," 1783-1784 182 -- 17 "A Lady at Sea," 1784 193 -- 18 "This Money Which I Call Mine," 1784-1785 208 -- 19 "Honour, Honour, Is at Stake," 1785-1786 218 -- 20 "The Grieved Mind Loves the Soother," 1786-1787 230 -- 21 "Wisdom Says Soloman Maketh the Face to Shine," 1787 240 -- 22 "I Design to Be Vastly Prudent," 1787-1789 254 -- 23 "Much More Productive," 1789-1792 266 -- 24 "With AH the Ardour of Youth," 1792-1795 284 -- 25 "Presidante," 1796-1797 298 -- 26 "I Did Get an Alteration in It," 1797-1798 309 -- 27 "They Wisht the Old Woman Had Been There," 1798-1800 320 -- 28 "A Day of Darkness," 1800-1804 329 -- 29 "Your Mothers Legacy," 1805-1809 344 -- 30 "Rather Positive," 1810-1811 354 -- 31 "The 'Threefold Silken Cord is Broken,'" 1811-1812 366 -- 32 "God Loves a Cheerfull Christian," 1812-1814 376 -- 33 "I Was Thunder Struck," 1814-1815 391 -- 34 "Dr Tufts Has Always Been My Trustee," 1815-1818 405.
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Adams, John, 1735-1826.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville Main Library | BIO ADAMS (Text) | 36015000664736 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
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