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Original Title:	My Dearest Friend: Letters of Abigail and John Adams
ISBN:	0674026063 (ISBN13: 9780674026063)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	John Adams, Abigail Adams

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In 1762, John Adams penned a flirtatious note to "Miss Adorable," the 17-year-old Abigail Smith. In 1801, Abigail wrote to wish her husband John a safe journey as he headed home to Quincy after serving as president of the nation he helped create. The letters that span these nearly forty years form the most significant correspondence--and reveal one of the most intriguing and inspiring partnerships--in American history.

As a pivotal player in the American Revolution and the early republic, John had a front-row seat at critical moments in the creation of the United States, from the drafting of the Declaration of Independence to negotiating peace with Great Britain to serving as the first vice president and second president under the U.S. Constitution. Separated more often than they were together during this founding era, John and Abigail shared their lives through letters that each addressed to "My Dearest Friend," debating ideas and commenting on current events while attending to the concerns of raising their children (including a future president).

Full of keen observations and articulate commentary on world events, these letters are also remarkably intimate. This new collection--including some letters never before published--invites readers to experience the founding of a nation and the partnership of two strong individuals, in their own words. This is history at its most authentic and most engaging.

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Title	:	My Dearest Friend: Letters of Abigail and John Adams
Author	:	Abigail Adams
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 508 pages
Published	:	October 1st 2007 by Belknap Press (first published 1840)
Categories	:	History. Nonfiction. Biography. North American Hi.... American History. Military History. American Revolution. Historical

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Ratings: 4.18 From 2146 Users | 134 Reviews

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This is the single most interesting thing I have read all year. It is a history refresher full of spellbinding suspense ("John, I haven't slept in two days because of the cannonfire..."), interest (the whole family being innoculated for smallpox, a five-week process not considered successful until you were actually sick), intrigue (frank appraisals of such familiar figures as Washington, Jefferson, and Franklin), pathos (Abigail having to tell her absent husband about their stillborn daughter).

This book is a compilation of the letters written between Abigail and John Adams from the time they were courting all the way through their presidency.I loved reading about their insights during all of the different things that they experienced personally and politically. It was interesting to see their dreams and hopes and the ups and downs that they went through. They were indeed ordinary people called to handle extraordinary things. I will say though that I had a really hard time getting

I am biased because I'm obsessed with these two figures in American history, but I believe this is a must-read. If you take nothing else away from this collection, you will at least be floored by the eloquence, love, and passion that radiates from these letters. I actually got butterflies reading some of them. Some letters were a little less exciting, as they were little more than lists of instructions and things needed on the farm. However, to hear of things that actually happened through the

Letters that reveal how similar life was even at the turn of the century as it is today. Early relationship courtships and squabbles mature with time into the back and forth of everyday logistics and family affairs. Some truly fascinating pieces in here, but much is much like reading you're neighbor's mail. A bit of a tough read, but worth it for the gems. Enjoyable. Despite how inevitable it seems to us now, so much of the revolution and the foundation of our country was people flying by the

Good read- tough to get into. Language is a huge barrier - the letters are transcribed verbatim, spelling and grammar mistakes in all. A very wonderful collection of John and Abigail Adams letters that really gives an amazing insight into the relationship of the couple through their courtship and marriage. It will be helpful to have a pocket guide to important dates of the American Revolution to reference, as the book's editors don't do an exceptional job of helping frame the letters with the

As interesting reading material, I'll say that this collection of letters varied from five stars to negative -100. Since I'm not offered the amount of stars that I feel would allow me to properly and completely describe my rollercoastering level of interest, I'll have to settle for three. Perhaps we could have a "choose your own description" for each star end? Like, "one=I'd rather chop onions for a day while being forced to listen to Its a Small World on Repeat than read /that/ letter again,"

Letters! How History is enriched by the personal corresponde nce of it's key players. What will be the current generation's contribution? E-mails, Text messages. Tweets (grin)Octr 4th. 1762John Adams to Abigail "Miss Adorable"Braintree, March 31, 1776Abigail Adams to John Adams"I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favorableto them than your ancestors."August 14, 1776Abigail Adams to John Adams"If much depends as is allowed upon the early Education of youth and the