Phyllis Lee Levin

Abigail Adams (eBook, ePUB)

A Biography

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"[ Abigail Adams] is a pleasure to read, and Levin's rich documentation makes this the most complete biography we have on this remarkable First Lady." -Betty Boyd Caroli, author of First Ladies Wife of one president and mother of another, Abigail Adams was an extraordinary woman living at an extraordinary time in American history. A tireless letter writer and diarist, her penetrating and often caustic impressions of most of the major persons of her day-including Ben Franklin, George and Martha Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and King George III, among others-provide one of the best first-hand accounts of the American Revolution. This biography, researched and written over a fourteen-year period, is a fascinating portrait of a brilliant woman at the center of the founding of the American republic. "After 200 years, thanks to Ms. Levin, Abigail Adams can speak her mind to what will surely be a large audience." - The New York Times "Abigail Adams has much to say to us about her world; Phyllis Lee Levin has helped her convey this in a compelling book and has produced a close and believable portrait of the woman within." - The Washington Post "Full of wonderful, immediate dailiness, the biography... [presents] an altogether personal account of the events presaging and following the American Revolution, perceived by a woman with the ability to record and interpret her era for posterity with uncommon verve and wisdom." - Los Angeles Times "A biography that reads much like a diary... Levin's touching book presents interesting insights into the life of revolutionary America." -UPI

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: St. Martin's Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 592
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781466850248
• Artikelnr.: 41055852

Autorenporträt

Phyllis Lee Levin is the author of several books including Abigail Adams and Edith and Woodrow. She has been a reporter, editor, and columnist for The New York Times and lives in Manhattan.