Before Beyoncé and Jay-Z and Bill and Hillary, there was John and Abigail Adams. In an exclusive excerpt from her new book, Edith B. Gelles paints a portrait of two partners in revolution.
Dr. Edith Gelles began her research into the Adamses over thirty years ago and is the author of two books about Abigail for the academic market: Portia: The World of Abigail Adams, a co-winner of the American Historical Association’s Herbert Feis Award, and Abigail Adams: A Writing Life, an examination of Abigail’s life through her letters. She lives in Palo Alto, California.