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John Adams
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John Adams
by David McCullough

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John Adams
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John Adams
by David Mccullough

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In this powerful, epic biography, David McCullough unfolds the adventurous life-journey of John Adams, the brilliant, fiercely independent, often irascible, always honest Yankee patriot -- "the colossus of independence," as Thomas Jefferson called him --...
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John Adams (08 Edition)
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John Adams (08 Edition)
by David Mccullough

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In this powerful, epic biography, David McCullough unfolds the adventurous life journey of John Adams, the brilliant, fiercely independent, often irascible, always honest Yankee patriot who spared nothing in his zeal for the American Revolution; who rose...
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Dearest Friend: A Life of Abigail Adams
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Dearest Friend: A Life of Abigail Adams
by Lynne Withey

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This is the life of Abigail Adams, wife of patriot John Adams, who became the most influential woman in Revolutionary America. Rich with excerpts from her personal letters, Dearest Friend captures the public and private sides of this fascinating woman...
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The Letters of John and Abigail Adams
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The Letters of John and Abigail Adams
by John Adams

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [xxxiii]-xxxiv)....
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John Adams: Party of One
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John Adams: Party of One
by James L Grant

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An acute examination of a paradoxical U.S. president.John Adams was an undiplomatic diplomat and an impolitic politician--a fierce revolutionary yet a detached and reluctant leader of the nation he helped to found. Few American public figures have ever...
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Spur of Fame Dialogues of John Adams &
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Spur of Fame Dialogues of John Adams &
by John Adams

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John Adams and Benjamin Rush met in 1774 as members of the Continental Congress -- Adams from Massachusetts, Rush from Pennsylvania. In 1805, after Adams was defeated in his quest of a second term as the new republic's second President, the two men self...
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Passionate Sage: The Character and Legacy of John Adams
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Passionate Sage: The Character and Legacy of John Adams
by Joseph J Ellis

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Thomas Jefferson and John Adams were once considered equally important fathers of the American Revolution, but over time Jefferson's reputation became enshrined and Adam's faded. In this thoughtful study of Adams in retirement, Joseph J. Ellis takes a...
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The Quotable John Adams
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The Quotable John Adams
by Randy (edt) Howe

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“Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war.”   “There are two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live.”   “[As president] I refused to suffer in silence. I sighed, sobbed, and...
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Akashic U.S. Presidents #02: A Defense of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America: Neal Pollack on John Adams
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Akashic U.S. Presidents #02: A Defense of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America: Neal Pollack on John Adams
by Neal Pollack

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John Adams's A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America, originally published in London in 1787, was a pivotal document in the development of American Political theory. Excerpted here in the second selection of the...
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Conservative Leadership Series #6: The Political Writings of John Adams
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Conservative Leadership Series #6: The Political Writings of John Adams
by John Adams

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Regnery has produced the most comprehensive one-volume collection of John Adams' political writings ever published....
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Portia: The World of Abigail Adams
by Edith B Gelles

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'Portia....is a refreshing change of pace....(Edith Gelles) is affectionate yet scholarly, determined to present Adams as a strong character who was very much a woman of her time, not merely a liberated precursor to feminism or the little wife behind the...
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Book of Abigail & John: Selected Letters of the Adams Family, 1762-1784
by L H Butterfield

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L. H. Butterfieldwas editor in chief of The Adams Papers....
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Book of Abigail & John: Selected Letters of the Adams Family, 1762-1784
by Abigail Adams

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The political writings of John Adams :representative selections
by Peek

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Includes bibliographical references (p. xxxi-xxxii) and biographical index....
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Adams on Adams
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Adams on Adams
by Paul M Zall

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After more than two hundred years in the shadow of Washington and Jefferson, John Adams enjoys fame as one of our top presidents. Of unprepossing appearance and feisty temperament, he expressed his personal feelings in copious correspondence and even...
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John Adams 2 Volumes
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John To Abigail Selected Letters of John
by John Adams



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John Adams Volume 2 1784 1826
by Page Smith



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John Adams 2 Volumes
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