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A review by kathleenitpdx
Abigail Adams by Woody Holton
3.0
An interesting view of Abigail Adams based mostly on letters that she sent and received. The thread that Holton used to tie it together is how Adams controlled money in a time when married women didn't have any legal right to do so.
Thoughts:
It is amazing how much American English has changed in 250 years. Holton defines for us words that have almost come to mean the opposite today.
How heart wrenching it is to have children die.
Again the myth of the nuclear American family is destroyed as parents spend years away from their children, die and remarry and children get handed around to various relatives and friends.
During the current controversy about what religion meant to the founding fathers, Abigail's attitudes and observations are interesting.
Thoughts:
It is amazing how much American English has changed in 250 years. Holton defines for us words that have almost come to mean the opposite today.
How heart wrenching it is to have children die.
Again the myth of the nuclear American family is destroyed as parents spend years away from their children, die and remarry and children get handed around to various relatives and friends.
During the current controversy about what religion meant to the founding fathers, Abigail's attitudes and observations are interesting.