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Abigail Adams : A Writing Life by Edith Belle Gelles is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Abigail Adams : A Writing Life about?
In 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 American literature, history and politics seeking to understand this literary figure.
Who reads Abigail Adams : A Writing Life?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Edith Belle Gelles
- Publisher
- Psychology Press
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781136804878
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Literary Criticism, Historical Fiction, History
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