Abigail Adams: An American Woman (2nd Edition)

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Summary: Adverage Read with Interesting Facts
Review: Akers does a great job of placing the information from Abigail's letters into a story, without directly quoting the letters line by line. A story is presented to the reader through the eyes of the First Lady. It was a required text for an American History class, though I did enjoy reading it. The story itself; however, can be deeply depressing while still communicating the accounts of the famous political family. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes to read about the other side of politics.

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Summary: An altogether injustice to Abigail Adams
Review: Akers is limited by the series he is writing for so very little can be blamed on him, in fact he does a good job with what little he is allotted but his use of her first name throughout is not only taboo for historians but could also be considered sexist -- would you call Thomas Jefferson, "Tom" in a biography? Also, major figures in Adams' life have merely the depth of cardboard cutouts. Possibly suitable for the high school freshmen, probably not undergraduate and certainly not for the graduate level.

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Summary: HI
Review: HI H

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Summary: Boring
Review: I question whether it's Abigail's life or the writing of it that had me so bored I was looking around for a sharp object to end my misery. This was required reading for a history class. I have never read Adams' letters, so I can't say whether this accurately depicts her life from her letters. I can only say that I have no interest in reading her letters after this.

Let me sum up the book for you: Abigail married Adams. She wrote lots of letters. She had lots of babies. She worried about her babies. She worried about Adams. She worried about morality. She believed women should be educated. She got sick a lot and was medically "bled" a lot. She was alone a lot. She died.