My Dearest Friend

My Dearest Friend

Einband:
Kartonierter Einband
EAN:
9780674057050
Untertitel:
Letters of Abigail and John Adams
Genre:
Geschichte
Autor:
Abigail Adams, John Adams
Herausgeber:
Harvard University Press
Anzahl Seiten:
528
Erscheinungsdatum:
15.11.2010
ISBN:
978-0-674-05705-0

Informationen zum Autor Edited by Margaret A. Hogan and C. James Taylor Klappentext Spanning nearly forty years, the letters collected in this volume form the most significant correspondence and reveal one of the most intriguing and inspiring partnerships in American history. Zusammenfassung Spanning nearly forty years, the letters collected in this volume form the most significant correspondenceâand reveal one of the most intriguing and inspiring partnershipsâin American history. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by Joseph J. Ellis Introduction Note to the Reader and Acknowledgments Courtship and Marriage "Love Sweetens Life": October 1762-July 1774 "The Decisive Day Is Come": August 1774-December 1775 Independence "We Are Determined to Foment a Rebelion": January-October 1776 "Kind Providence Has Preserved to Me a Life": January-November 1777 The Years Abroad "I Cast My Thoughts Across the Atlantick": February 1778-April 1782 "A Signal Tryumph": July 1782-March 1788 A New Government "The Most Insignificant Office": December 1788-January 1794 "This Whirligig of a World": February 1794-December 1795 The First Couple "I Am Heir Apparent": January 1796-January 1797 "The Chief Majestracy of a Nation": February 1797-February 1801 Epilogue: The Death of Abigail Chronology Index

Autorentext
Edited by Margaret A. Hogan and C. James Taylor

Klappentext
Spanning nearly forty years, the letters collected in this volume form the most significant correspondence and reveal one of the most intriguing and inspiring partnerships in American history.

Inhalt
Foreword by Joseph J. Ellis Introduction Note to the Reader and Acknowledgments Courtship and Marriage "Love Sweetens Life": October 1762-July 1774 "The Decisive Day Is Come": August 1774-December 1775 Independence "We Are Determined to Foment a Rebelion": January-October 1776 "Kind Providence Has Preserved to Me a Life": January-November 1777 The Years Abroad "I Cast My Thoughts Across the Atlantick": February 1778-April 1782 "A Signal Tryumph": July 1782-March 1788 A New Government "The Most Insignificant Office": December 1788-January 1794 "This Whirligig of a World": February 1794-December 1795 The First Couple "I Am Heir Apparent": January 1796-January 1797 "The Chief Majestracy of a Nation": February 1797-February 1801 Epilogue: The Death of Abigail Chronology Index


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