Status
Available
Publication
Oxford University Press (1987), 324 pages
Description
From his vast storehouse of knowledge about the Adams family. Nagelpulls out the feminine threads of that tapestry to write all about the Adams women, from Abigail to daughter Nabby, from Louisa Catherine Adams, wife of John Quincy, to Clover Adams, wife of Henry, with others making more than cameo appearances. They all lived exceptional, if not extraordinary, lives, in different ways.
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LibraryThing member kboucher
This book was long and a little hard to finish, but I am glad I read it. It is hard to comprehend just how hard it was to live back in those days (how many weeks it took to travel from Boston to Washington DC) and just how important the wives of the important patriots were.
LibraryThing member mswarrington
great wealth of information that is not compiled anywhere else. for that, 5 stars. but it is a slow read at times.
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Language
Original language
English
Physical description
324 p.; 6.44 inches
ISBN
0195038746 / 9780195038743