Abigail Adams: Girl of Colonial Days

by Jean Brown Wagoner

Overview

Using simple language that beginning readers can understand, this lively, inspiring, and believable biography looks at the childhood of Abigail Adams. Illustrated throughout.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781439108208
Publisher:	Aladdin
Publication date:	06/24/2008
Series:	Childhood of Famous Americans
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
File size:	3 MB
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Jean Brown Wagoner (1896–1996) was the author of several titles including Louisa Alcott, Girl of Old Boston; Martha Washington, Girl of Old Virginia; Abigail Adams, A Girl of Colonial Days; Jessie Fremont, A Girl of Capitol Hill; and Julia Ward Howe, Girl of Old New York.

Editorial Reviews

As a child, I read every one of the "Childhood of Famous Americans" biographies I could find. Luckily for me, my school library had an extensive collection of the books. Now, thanks to Aladdin's new release of this more than sixty-five-year-old series, a new generation of children can enjoy these books, too. Each biography is a fictionalized account of the subject's life, including real events supplemented by fictional details and conversation. Although these books are not entirely unvarnished "truth," they are true to the spirit of the characters and their experiences growing up in America. The Abigail Adams biography traces the childhood of one of the country's most famous first ladies, from her sickly childhood as the daughter of a minister through her formative years to her courtship by the man who would be the second president of the United States. 2002 (orig. 1949), Aladdin/Simon & Schuster, $4.99. Ages 8 to 12. Reviewer: Heidi Hauser Green AGES: 8 9 10 11 12

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