Abigail and John
Subtitle: portrait of a marriage
By: Edith B. Gelles.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: William Morrow
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 339
ISBN-13: 9780061353871
Subjects: Adams, John, -- 1735-1826 -- Marriage; Adams, Abigail, -- 1744-1818 -- Marriage; Presidents -- United States -- Biography; Presidents' spouses -- United States -- Biography; Married people -- Massachusetts -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The steel and the magnet; title: A tye more binding; title: Separation and the new covenant; title: A new code of laws; title: War and the way of duty; title: Republican father; title: Diplomacy at home and abroad; title: In the midst of the world in solitude; title: At the court of St. James's; title: Looking homeward; title: The most insignificant office; title: Splendid misery; title: The Adamses retire; title: Time and silence.