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02134cam a2200373Ia 4500 001 2D6B7B5C82AF11DE820800E8A7D7520A 003 SILO 005 20181108012225 008 080211s2009 nyu db 001 0ceng d 020 $a 0061668362 (pbk.) : 020 $a 9780061668364 (pbk.) : 040 $a BTCTA $c BTCTA $d SILO $d CXP $d XBE $d LXY $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 14 $a E322 $b .G456 2009 082 04 $a 973.440922 $b G282a $2 22 100 1 $a Gelles, Edith Belle. 245 1 $a Abigail & John : $b portrait of a marriage / $c Edith B. Gelles. 246 3 $a Abigail and John 250 $a 1st Harperluxe ed. 260 $a New York, NY : $b Harperluxe, $c c2009. 300 $a xv, 644 p. (large print) ; $c 23 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p.[315]-326) and index. 505 0 $a The steel and the magnet -- A tye more binding -- Separation and the new covenant -- A new code of laws -- War and the way of duty -- Republican father -- Diplomacy at home and abroad -- In the midst of the world in solitude -- At the court of St. James's -- Looking homeward -- The most insignificant office -- Splendid misery -- The Adamses retire -- Time and silence. 520 $a The story of Abigail and John Adams is as much a romance as it is a lively chapter in the early history of this country. The marriage of the second president and first lady is one of the most extraordinary examples of passion and endurance that this country has ever witnessed. And it is a drama peopled with a pantheon of eighteenth-century stars: George and Martha Washington, Thomas Jefferson, his daughter Patsy, Ben Franklin, and Mercy Otis Warren. --from publisher description 600 10 $a Adams, John, $d 1735-1826 $x Marriage. 600 10 $a Adams, Abigail, $d 1744-1818 $x Marriage. 650 0 $a Presidents $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Presidents' spouses $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Married people $z Massachusetts $v Biography. 941 $a 1 945 $a lpt 952 $l CMPE792 $d 20230629013800.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=2D6B7B5C82AF11DE820800E8A7D7520A 994 $a 02 $b LXYInitiate Another SILO Locator Search