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Dear Abigail: The Intimate Lives And Revolutionary Ideas Of Abigail Adams And Her Two Remarkable Sisters (2014)

by Diane Jacobs(Favorite Author)

3.77 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0345465067 (ISBN13: 9780345465061)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Ballantine Books

review 1: Just as a reminder, the 3 star rating only reflects my personal views based on my reading preferences and interests. I do not usually choose to read nonfiction, historical books for pleasure, but I read this book as part of a book club selection. The book was well researched, largely based on Abigail Adams' letters to and from her sisters. It gives insight into colonial life during the infancy of our country and would probably interest readers who enjoy learning more about this period of our country's history. However, I became a little tired of reading the somewhat repetitive content of the sisters' letters to one another.
review 2: For me, the book that does the finest job showing the personal character, political views, and literary strength of Abigail A... moredams is Edith Gelles' "Abigail and John: Portrait of a Marriage." Diane Jacobs does a fine job, however, exploring some of this information as well as much more about her life with her sisters in "Dear Abigail: The Intimate Lives and Revolutionary Ideas of..." Students of Revolutionary women, revolutionary women, and women's revolutions will all be just as pleased as those who come to learn about home chores and child-rearing. Fans of Abigail, her time period, women's relationships, personal correspondence, and strong women will all appreciate this text and do well to seek it out. less

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