Abigail Adams: An American Woman

Akers, Charles W. Abigail Adams: An American Woman. New York: Addison Wesley Longman, Inc. 2000. 219 Pages.

        I must admit that in the basic place construe Abigail Adams biography, written by Charles W.

Akers, I thought Abigail Adams was salutary another wife of wholeness of the many presidents of the United States. Upon reading I was fascinated to learn the intricate position that she held in American history. Not only did I learn how she was thrusting into a position of leadership and abandonment at such(prenominal) a tender age, but also that she lived through one of the roughest times for a woman - the birth of an Amercan nation.

        Akers expresses through the eyeball of Abigail Adams in the 200 or so pages the excitements and disappointments of living at the end of a monarchial rule and the beginning of a freshly democratic society. It is through the several extant letters and the correspondence of her family and friends that Akers shows Abigails influence in the creation of the new nation and on her husbands political direction. Akers divides the guard into three main topics: Abigails life, John Adams, and the revolutionist War. With these divisions he is able to portray how Abigial played a light upon role in the outcome of these areas.

        In my opinion Akers conception in writing the book is to show that Abigails thirst for familiarity and her desire to better her education molded her into a first lady. Abigail was carefull in her choice of company and patrons since she formed her character by watching others.

        At times I felt interchangeable I was reading the biography of John Adams instead of Abigail. I would have enjoyed more of a direct focus on Abigails life; however, I understand that John had a major(ip) effect on the woman Abigail Adams became.

        He made the book readable for people who are not history majors. Although I...

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