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Genre/Form: | Diary Correspondence diaries Diaries Personal correspondence Journaux intimes |
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Named Person: | John Adams; John Adams; John Adams; John Adams |
Material Type: | Biography, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
John Adams; John P Diggins |
ISBN: | 0142437786 9780142437780 |
OCLC Number: | 53796824 |
Description: | xl, 533 pages ; 20 cm. |
Contents: | Diary and Autobiography -- Correspondence of John and Abigail Adams -- Earliest Writings -- A Dissertation on Canon and Feudal Law -- "Thoughts on Government" -- Novanglus -- A Defence of the Constitutions of the United States of America -- Discourses on Davila -- Correspondence with Roger Sherman and John Taylor -- Correspondence of John and Abigail Adams with Thomas Jefferson. |
Series Title: | Penguin classics. |
Responsibility: | edited with an introduction by John Patrick Diggins. |
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Abstract:
"In addition to being an uncompromising defender of liberty, esteemed diplomat, and successor to George Washington, John Adams was a passionate and prolific writer. Adams biographer John Patrick Diggins gathers a variety of his works in this original volume, including parts of his diary and autobiography, and selections from his correspondence with this wife, Abigail, Thomas Jefferson, and others. The Portable John Adams also features his most important political works: "A Dissertation on Canon and Feudal Law," "Thoughts on Government," "A Defense of Constitutions," "Novanglus," and "Discources in Davila.""--Jacket.
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