Abigail Adams - Book Analysis

Part One

Long characterized as the wife of the second president and the mother of the sixth, Natalie Bober, in Abigail Adams witness to a Revolution, describes Abigail Adams as an accomplished woman in her own right. In this well researched biography she presents an intimate portrait of a unique individual while also reflecting the course and times of the 18th century. Bober uses information derived from Abigail’s more than two thousand personal letters as a vehicle to transport her readers to the uneasy era of our nation’s beginning.
Bober demonstrates how Abigail mingled the important historical events of the 18th century with the normal, everyday activities of daily life. The way Abigail interspersed historically significant characters with family gossip gives an air of vibrancy and a sense of immediacy to dates, names, and events. The letters reveal Abigail’s deep love for her the pulsating loneliness she experienced due to long periods of separation from her husband, Joh...