Name: Abigail and John
Author: Edith Gelles

<p>" Fascinating... Gelles has provided a balanced portrait, and her mastery of the period' s issues and history is evident on every page. Her treatment of the family... [is] written with understanding and sensitivity... But it is her strength as a feminist historian that makes her treatment of Abigail the most gripping... masterful and captivating. " — Washington Times " A landmark... Well-organized and expertly composed, the book is an impressive addition to the nation' s written history. " — Oklahoma City Oklahoman Readers who enjoyed Doris Kearns Goodwin' s No Ordinary Time, Cokie Roberts' s Founding Mothers, and David McCullough' s John Adams will love " this eminently readable… charming and sensitive, yet candid and unflinching joint biography" (Daniel Walker Howe, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848 ) of America' s original " power couple" Abigail and John Adams.</p>

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