Abigail Adams and Her Times

Abigail Adams and Her Times

by Laura E. Howe Richards

12 chapters 6h 19m English 1917

About this book

This is a young person's biography of Abigail Adams that will appeal to readers of all ages. In the author's own words, "I am not writing a history; far from it. I am merely throwing on the screen, in the fashion of today, a few scenes to make a background for my little pen-picture-play. " - Summary by Ciufi Galeazzi

Chapters (12)

1 Begins at the Beginning
30:16
2 Girlhood and Marriage
21:42
3 The Boston Massacre
27:18
4 The Boston Tea Party
36:28
5 After Lexington
30:37
6 Boston Blockade
16:09
7 In Happy Braintree
24:51
8 Independence at Last
51:59
9 Mr. Adams Abroad
22:17
10 The Court of St. James
45:34
11 Vexatious Honors
39:38
12 Afternoon and Evening
32:22

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