![]() While John traveled in America and abroad to help forge a new nation, Abigail remained at home, raising four children, managing their estate, and writing letters to her beloved husband. Rich with excerpts from her personal letters, Dearest Friend captures the public and private sides of this fascinating woman, who was both an advocate of slave emancipation and a burgeoning feminist, urging her husband to "Remember the Ladies" as he framed the laws of their new country. This the life of Abigail Adams, wife of patriot John Adams, who became the most influential woman in Revolutionary America. ![]() The lively, authoritative, New York Times bestselling biography of Abigail Adams Xiv, 369 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : 25 cm ![]()
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