Woody Holton - Abigail Adams: A Life

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Start: Mar 11 2010 7:30 pm

Historic LoDo: Prize-winning historian Woody Holton will discuss and sign his new book Abigail Adams: A Life ($30.00 Simon & Schuster), which offers a sweeping reinterpretation of Adams’s life story and of women’s roles in the creation of the republic. Using previously overlooked documents from a host of archives, Abigail Adams shows that the wife of the second president of the United States was far more charismatic and influential than historians have realized. One of the finest writers of her age, Adams passionately campaigned for women’s education, denounced sex discrimination, and matched wits not only with her brilliant husband, John, but with Thomas Jefferson and George Washington. At once epic and intimate, Holton’s book sheds light on a complicated, fascinating woman, one of the most beloved figures of American history.

Request a signed copy: books@tatteredcover.com

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