Abigail and John Adams: The Americanization of Sensibility

by G.J. Barker-Benfield

During the many years that they were separated by the perils of the American Revolution, John and Abigail Adams exchanged hundreds of letters. Writing to each other of public events and private feelings, loyalty and love, revolution and parenting, they wove a tapestry of correspondence that has become a cherished part of American history and literature. With Abigail and John Adams , historian G. J. Barker-Benfield mines those familiar letters to a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226037436
• ISBN13: 9780226037431
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 520 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.2" x 8.8"