My Dearest Friend Letters of Abigail and John Adams

If you want to understand how the American republic w on the run, this is a seminal source. If you want to understowat husband and wife can sustain their love over a lifetime of strugglert tragedy, this is a splendid story of an emotional and mic nership that endured to the end. It is an epic tale about the mal American history and a great love story all rolled into and John] regarded their children and the enduring

as their greatest legacies and would probably be surprised to knowy that their own correspondence has become a worthy, third entry on the list.

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