LEADER 02934nam 2200577 450 001 9910786548003321 005 20230607210106.0 010 $a0-203-82793-7 035 $a(CKB)3710000000124897 035 $a(EBL)668505 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001288818 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11794777 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001288818 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11294542 035 $a(PQKB)10675882 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC668505 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL668505 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10881683 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL616489 035 $a(OCoLC)881414751 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000124897 100 $a20140624h20021998 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAbigail Adams $ea writing life /$fEdith B. Gelles 210 1$aNew York ;$aOxfordshire, England :$cRoutledge,$d2002. 210 4$dİ1998 215 $a1 online resource (222 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-138-44005-1 311 $a0-415-93945-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Chronology; The Eighteenth-Century Letter; Chapter One.Introduction: Letter as Literature; Chapter Two.""Remember the Ladies""; The Confidential Letter; Chapter Three.Bonds of Friendship: The Correspondence of Abigail Adams and Mercy Otis Warren; The TravelLetter; Chapter Four.The Voyage; Chapter Five.""In the Midst of the World in Solitude""; Chapter Six. At the Court ofSt. James's; Interlude; The Historic Letter; Chapter Seven.""Splendid Misery"": Abigail Adams as First Lady; Part Two: First Lady 327 $aEpilogueChapter Eight.End of the Story; Notes and References; Selected Bibliography; Index 330 $aIn this book, Edith B. Gelles asserts that Abigail Adams' vivid, insightful letters are ""the best account that exists from the pre to the post-Revolutionary period in America of a woman's life and world."" Adams' spontaneous, witty letters serve dual purposes for the modern reader: it provides an intriguing first hand account of pivotal historical events and it shows how these events from the Boston Tea Party to the War of 1812 entered the private sphere. Included in the book is a chronology, notes and reference section and a selected bibliography. This book will be a must for all scholars of 606 $aPresidents' spouses$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aPresidents' spouses$zUnited States$vCorrespondence 615 0$aPresidents' spouses 615 0$aPresidents' spouses 676 $a973.4/4/092 700 $aGelles$b Edith B.$0605636 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786548003321 996 $aAbigail Adams$93724759 997 $aUNINA