Joseph J. Ellis:First Family : Abigail and John Adams by Joseph J. Ellis
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning, best-selling author of @lt;i@gt;Founding Brothers@lt;/i@gt; and @lt;i@gt;His Excellency @lt;/i@gt;brings America's preeminent first couple to life in a moving … Mehr…
The Pulitzer Prize-winning, best-selling author of @lt;i@gt;Founding Brothers@lt;/i@gt; and @lt;i@gt;His Excellency @lt;/i@gt;brings America's preeminent first couple to life in a moving and illuminating narrative that sweeps through the American Revolution and the republic's tenuous early years.@lt;br@gt;John and Abigail Adams left an indelible and remarkably preserved portrait of their lives together in their personal correspondence: both Adamses were prolific letter writers (although John conceded that Abigail was clearly the more gifted of the two), and over the years they exchanged more than twelve hundred letters. Joseph J. Ellis distills this unprecedented and unsurpassed record to give us an account both intimate and panoramic; part biography, part political history, and part love story.@lt;br@gt;@lt;br@gt;Ellis describes the first meeting between the two as inauspicious--John was twenty-four, Abigail just fifteen, and each was entirely unimpressed with the other. But they soon began a passionate correspondence that resulted in their marriage five years later.@lt;br@gt;@lt;br@gt;Over the next decades, the couple were separated nearly as much as they were together. John's political career took him first to Philadelphia, where he became the boldest advocate for the measures that would lead to the Declaration of Independence. Yet in order to attend the Second Continental Congress, he left his wife and children in the middle of the war zone that had by then engulfed Massachusetts. Later he was sent to Paris, where he served as a minister to the court of France alongside Benjamin Franklin. These years apart stressed the Adamses' union almost beyond what it could bear: Abigail grew lonely, while the Adams children suffered from their father's absence.@lt;br@gt;@lt;br@gt;John was elected the nation's first vice president, but by the time of his reelection, Abigail's health prevented her from joining him in Philadelphia, the interim capital. She no doubt had further reservations about moving to the swamp on the Potomac when John became president, although this time he persuaded her. President Adams inherited a weak and bitterly divided country from George Washington. The political situation was perilous at best, and he needed his closest advisor by his side: "I can do nothing," John told Abigail after his election, "without you."@lt;br@gt;@lt;br@gt;In Ellis's rich and striking new history, John and Abigail's relationship unfolds in the context of America's birth as a nation.@lt;br@gt;@lt;br@gt;@lt;br@gt;@lt;i@gt;From the Hardcover edition.@lt;/i@gt; Media >, [PU: Alfred A. Knopf]<
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Joseph J. Ellis:First Family : Abigail and John Adams
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning, best-selling author of @lt;i@gt;Founding Brothers@lt;/i@gt; and @lt;i@gt;His Excellency @lt;/i@gt;brings America's preeminent first couple to life in a moving … Mehr…
The Pulitzer Prize-winning, best-selling author of @lt;i@gt;Founding Brothers@lt;/i@gt; and @lt;i@gt;His Excellency @lt;/i@gt;brings America's preeminent first couple to life in a moving and illuminating narrative that sweeps through the American Revolution and the republic's tenuous early years.@lt;br@gt;John and Abigail Adams left an indelible and remarkably preserved portrait of their lives together in their personal correspondence: both Adamses were prolific letter writers (although John conceded that Abigail was clearly the more gifted of the two), and over the years they exchanged more than twelve hundred letters. Joseph J. Ellis distills this unprecedented and unsurpassed record to give us an account both intimate and panoramic; part biography, part political history, and part love story.@lt;br@gt;@lt;br@gt;Ellis describes the first meeting between the two as inauspicious--John was twenty-four, Abigail just fifteen, and each was entirely unimpressed with the other. But they soon began a passionate correspondence that resulted in their marriage five years later.@lt;br@gt;@lt;br@gt;Over the next decades, the couple were separated nearly as much as they were together. John's political career took him first to Philadelphia, where he became the boldest advocate for the measures that would lead to the Declaration of Independence. Yet in order to attend the Second Continental Congress, he left his wife and children in the middle of the war zone that had by then engulfed Massachusetts. Later he was sent to Paris, where he served as a minister to the court of France alongside Benjamin Franklin. These years apart stressed the Adamses' union almost beyond what it could bear: Abigail grew lonely, while the Adams children suffered from their father's absence.@lt;br@gt;@lt;br@gt;John was elected the nation's first vice president, but by the time of his reelection, Abigail's health prevented her from joining him in Philadelphia, the interim capital. She no doubt had further reservations about moving to the swamp on the Potomac when John became president, although this time he persuaded her. President Adams inherited a weak and bitterly divided country from George Washington. The political situation was perilous at best, and he needed his closest advisor by his side: "I can do nothing," John told Abigail after his election, "without you."@lt;br@gt;@lt;br@gt;In Ellis's rich and striking new history, John and Abigail's relationship unfolds in the context of America's birth as a nation.@lt;br@gt;@lt;br@gt;@lt;br@gt;@lt;i@gt;From the Hardcover edition.@lt;/i@gt; Media >, [PU: Alfred A. Knopf]<
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In this rich and engrossing account, John and Abigail Adams come to life against the backdrop of the Republicâ??s tenuous early years. Drawing on over 1, 200 letters exchanged between the… Mehr…
In this rich and engrossing account, John and Abigail Adams come to life against the backdrop of the Republicâ??s tenuous early years. Drawing on over 1, 200 letters exchanged between the couple, Ellis tells a story both personal and panoramic. We learn about the many years Abigail and John spent apart as Johnâ??s political career sent him first to Philadelphia, then to Paris and Amsterdam; their relationship with their children; and Abigailâ??s role as Johnâ??s closest and most valued advisor. Exquisitely researched and beautifully written, First Family is both a revealing portrait of a marriage and a unique study of Americaâ??s early years. | First Family by Joseph J. Ellis Paperback | Indigo Chapters Books > History > North American History > United States > Independence P10103, Joseph J. Ellis<
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Ellis, Joseph J.:First Family: Abigail and John Adams
- Taschenbuch 2011, ISBN: 9780307389992
Vintage, Taschenbuch, Auflage: Reprint, 320 Seiten, Publiziert: 2011-09-06T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, Genderstudies, Sozialwissenschaft, Kategorien, Bücher, Vereinigte Staaten, Gesch… Mehr…
Vintage, Taschenbuch, Auflage: Reprint, 320 Seiten, Publiziert: 2011-09-06T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, Genderstudies, Sozialwissenschaft, Kategorien, Bücher, Vereinigte Staaten, Geschichte, Biografien & Erinnerungen, Frauen, Bestimmte Gesellschaftgruppen, Politisch, Herausragende Persönlichkeiten, Präsidenten und Staatsoberhäupter, Staatsführung, Politikwissenschaft, Fachbücher, USA, Geschichte nach Ländern, Politik & Geschichte, Vintage, 2011<
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Ellis, Joseph J.:First Family: Abigail and John Adams
- Taschenbuch 2011, ISBN: 9780307389992
Vintage, Taschenbuch, Auflage: Reprint, 320 Seiten, Publiziert: 2011-09-06T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, Genderstudies, Sozialwissenschaft, Kategorien, Bücher, Vereinigte Staaten, Gesch… Mehr…
Vintage, Taschenbuch, Auflage: Reprint, 320 Seiten, Publiziert: 2011-09-06T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, Genderstudies, Sozialwissenschaft, Kategorien, Bücher, Vereinigte Staaten, Geschichte, Biografien & Erinnerungen, Frauen, Bestimmte Gesellschaftgruppen, Politisch, Herausragende Persönlichkeiten, Präsidenten und Staatsoberhäupter, Staatsführung, Politikwissenschaft, Fachbücher, USA, Geschichte nach Ländern, Politik & Geschichte, Vintage, 2011<
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