01832cam a2200313 i 4500 1427087021 TxAuBib 20240805120000.0 240423s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781594164217 HRD 32.50 1594164215 HRD 32.50 (OCoLC)1402810573 TxAuBib rda Smith, John L, author. The Unexpected Abigail Adams [BOOK] : A Woman "Not Apt to Be Intimidated" / John L. Smith, Jr. A Woman "Not Apt to Be Intimidated". Yardley, PA : Westholme Pub Llc, 2024. 320 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes indes. Title from cover. Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-360). "Abigail Adams, wife of John Adams, was an eyewitness to America’s founding, and helped guide the new nation through her observations and advice to her famously prickly husband, who cherished her. In The Unexpected Abigail Adams: A Woman “Not Apt to Be Intimidated”, writer and researcher John L. Smith, Jr., draws on more than two thousand letters of Abigail’s spanning from the 1760s to her death in 1818, interweaving Abigail’s colorful correspondence—some of which has not appeared in print before—with a contextual narrative. She comments on the varied personalities she encountered and, in letters to her husband, recounts the events surrounding home, family, politics, and the Revolution. Adapted from book jacket.". 20240805. Adams, Abigail 1744-1818. Presidents' spouses United States Biography.