"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 ...
Read More
"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.
Read Less
Add this copy of Abigail and John: Portrait of a Marriage to cart. $5.71, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Dallas rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 2009 by Harper Large Print.
Add this copy of Abigail and John: Portrait of a Marriage to cart. $5.71, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Baltimore rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Halethorpe, MD, UNITED STATES, published 2009 by Harper Large Print.
Add this copy of Abigail and John: Portrait of a Marriage to cart. $23.18, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 2009 by Harper Large Print.
Add this copy of Abigail and John: Portrait of a Marriage to cart. $34.91, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2009 by Harper Large Print.
Ellis writes more from John's perspective but if you want the woman's view, written by an accomplished historian who is also a feminist, read this one. The title tells it all!
Better than her PORTIA.
