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John Adams John Adams Stephen Feinstein A biography of the second President of the United States, who also served as the country's ambassador to France and as its first Vice President. Includes Internet links to Web sites, source documents… OL15053700W
America's first dynasty America's first dynasty Richard Brookhiser "The Adams family saga satisfies our curiosity about famous figures, which is part gossip a venerable genre, from Suetonius to People part identification," writes Brookhiser in his introduction to th… OL15211899W
Those rebels, John and Tom Those rebels, John and Tom Barbara Kerley John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were very different. John was short and stout. Tom was tall and lean. John was argumentative and blunt. Tom was soft-spoken and polite. John sometimes got along with a… OL16652040W
Who Was Abigail Adams? Who Was Abigail Adams? True Kelley Wife Of John Adams OL17343546W
John Adams John Adams Janet Benge Examines the childhood, marriage, family life, and political career of the American patriot who served his country as a representative to the Continental Congress, ambassador to Great Britain, and se… OL1881833W
Science and the Founding Fathers Science and the Founding Fathers I. Bernard Cohen For Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and James Madison, science was an integral part of life -- including political life. This is the story of their scientific education and of how th… OL1977465W
Abigail and John Abigail and John Edith Belle Gelles 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 extraor… OL2715541W
John Adams John Adams David McCullough 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 no… OL2820749W