{"product_id":"dearest-friend-a-life-of-abigail-adams-paperback","title":"Dearest Friend: A Life of Abigail Adams - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLynne Withey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe lively, authoritative, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling biography of Abigail Adams.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the life of Abigail Adams, wife of patriot John Adams, who became the most influential woman in Revolutionary America. Rich with excerpts from her personal letters, \u003ci\u003eDearest Friend\u003c\/i\u003e captures the public and private sides of this fascinating woman, who was both an advocate of slave emancipation and a burgeoning feminist, urging her husband to \"Remember the Ladies\" as he framed the laws of their new country. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJohn and Abigail Adams married for love. While John traveled in America and abroad to help forge a new nation, Abigail remained at home, raising four children, managing their estate, and writing letters to her beloved husband. Chronicling their remarkable fifty-four-year marriage, her blossoming feminism, her battles with loneliness, and her friendships with Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, \u003ci\u003eDearest Friend\u003c\/i\u003e paints a portrait of Abigail Adams as an intelligent, resourceful, and outspoken woman.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLynne Withey's\u003c\/b\u003e books include \u003ci\u003eVoyages of Discovery: Captain James Cook and the Exploration of the Pacific\u003c\/i\u003e (1987) and \u003ci\u003eGrand Tours and Cook's Tours: A History of Leisure Travel, \u003c\/i\u003e 1750-1915 (1997). She has taught history at the University of Iowa, Boston University, and the University of California at Berkeley, and is now the associate director of the University of California Press. She lives in San Francisco\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 392\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 9.24 x 6.08 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 09, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44483300229222,"sku":"9780743234436","price":25.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/WG42ZGpSOG9aYzdKWHVldmdEOVpKUT09.webp?v=1770659458","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/dearest-friend-a-life-of-abigail-adams-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}