The Unexpected Abigail Adams

A Woman "Not Apt to Be Intimidated"

By: John L. Smith Jr.

Narrated by: Janet Metzger

Abigail Adams, wife of John Adams, was an eyewitness to America's founding, and helped guide the new nation through her observations and advice to her famously prickly husband, who cherished her. In The Unexpected Abigail Adams: A Woman "Not Apt to Be Intimidated," writer and researcher John L. Smith, Jr. draws on more than two thousand letters of Abigail's spanning from the 1760s to her death in 1818, interweaving Abigail's colorful correspondence with a contextual narrative. In this priceless documentation of one of the most important periods of world history she comments on the varied personalities she encountered and, while her husband was away from home serving in the Continental Congresses and as a diplomatic envoy in Europe, she wrote him frequently about their home in Massachusetts, their family, national and local politics, and, during the early years of the war, crucial information concerning revolutionary activities around Boston. She was an advocate for education for women, a shrewd businesswoman, and had an unrivaled political acumen. This major biography of Abigail is a riveting, revealing portrait of a remarkable woman that listeners will find very relatable-and one that transforms how she is perceived.

©2024 John L. Smith, Jr. (P)2024 Tantor

Amazing Revolutionary First Lady

Very well researched. written, and delivered story capturing the times around the Revolutinary War and the challenges faced by women at that time. More striking is the role Abagail Adams played in the events of the time that demonstrate she was hundreds of years ahead of her time. What a force she would be today. Definitely worth the time to read - more than once - to capture the breath of this amazing woman! Abagail is so inspirational, under studied, and under appreciated in American History education.

Outstanding content!!

There was nothing that I disliked. I gained a new understanding of Abigail, her husband, the role abd plight of women in that time, snd a new admiration for the strength of woman during trying times in the founding if our country.