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First Family
by Joseph J. Ellis
John and Abigail Adams through their letters: a partnership of equals across decades of separation, politics and loss. Shorter than McCullough's biography and focused on the marriage.
Read it if…
you want the Adams marriage specifically.
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Skip it if…
you read McCullough's John Adams.
Try instead: Comrades →
Three things you will actually use
- Write to your partner as to an equal.
- Separation tests and can strengthen.
- Remember the ladies.
Do this first
Read the letters from 1776.
Our verdict
The Adams marriage.
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