LEADER 03228cam 2200481 a 4500001 ocn310397741 003 OCoLC 005 20141212051153.0 008 090417s2009 nyuab b 001 0beng 010 2009016288 020 9781416546801 020 1416546804 029 1 NZ1 |b13174387 029 1 AU@ |b000044169299 035 (Sirsi) o310397741 035 (OCoLC)310397741 040 DLC |cDLC |dLF3 |dGVA |dYDXCP |dUtOrBLW 043 n-us--- 049 EREE 050 00 E322.1.A38 |bH65 2009 082 00 973.4/4/092B |222 100 1 Holton, Woody. |=^A416952 245 10 Abigail Adams / |cWoody Holton. 250 1st Free Press hardcover ed. 260 New York : |bFree Press, |c2009. 300 xvii, 483 pages : |billustrations, map ; |c24 cm 336 text |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |2rdamedia 338 volume |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 "A tender twig," 1744-1761 -- "Miss Adorable," 1761-1764 -- "For saucyness no mortal can match him," 1764 -- "Mrs. Adams," 1764-1770 -- "I should certainly have been a rover," 1770-1774 -- "Mrs. Delegate," 1774 -- "Portia," 1774-1775 -- "My pen is always freer than my tongue," 1775 -- "Remember the ladies," 1776 -- "This suspence is painfull," 1776 -- "To bear what I cannot fly from," 1777 -- "An army of women," 1777-1778 -- "I should be a gainer," 1778-1780 -- "A queer being," 1780-1781 -- "Nothing venture nothing have," 1782 -- "I will run you in debt," 1783-1784 -- "A lady at sea," 1784 -- "This money which I call mine," 1784-1785 -- "Honour, honour, is at stake," 1785-1786 -- "The grieved mind loves the soother," 1786-1787 -- "Wisdom says Soloman maketh the face to shine," 1787 -- "I design to be vastly prudent," 1787-1789 -- "Much more productive," 1789-1792 -- "With all the ardour of youth," 1792-1795 -- "Presidante," 1796-1797 -- "I did get an alteration in it," 1797-1798 -- "They wisht the old woman had been there," 1798-1800 -- "A day of darkness," 1800-1804 -- "Your mothers legacy," 1805-1809 -- "Rather positive," 1810-1811 -- "The 'threefold silken cord is broken,'" 1811-1812 -- "God loves a cheerfull Christian," 1812-1814 -- "I was thunder struck," 1814-1815 -- "Dr Tufts has always been my trustee," 1815-1818. 520 Prof. Woody Holton (NBA-finalist for Unruly Americans) reveals that American icon Abigail Adams was far wiser and wilier than previously known. 600 10 Adams, Abigail, |d1744-1818. |=^A35198 600 10 Adams, John, |d1735-1826. |=^A15544 650 0 Presidents' spouses |zUnited States |vBiography. |=^A416958 856 42 |3Publisher description |uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0909/2009016288-d.html 856 41 |3Sample text |uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0917/2009016288-s.html 856 42 |3Contributor biographical information |uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1007/2009016288-b.html 994 C0 |bERE 938 YBP Library Services |bYANK |n3019235 596 1 998 2261083