Bibliograph

Louisa, the extraordinary life of Mrs. Adams, Louisa Thomas

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Louisa, the extraordinary life of Mrs. Adams, Louisa Thomas

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 677-757)

resource.biographical

individual biography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Louisa

Medium

large print

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

933719081

Responsibility statement

Louisa Thomas

Series statement

Thorndike Press large print biographies and memoirs

Sub title

the extraordinary life of Mrs. Adams

Summary

"Born in London to an American father and a British mother on the eve of the Revolutionary War, Louisa Catherine Johnson was raised in circumstances very different from those of future president John Quincy Adams, and yet John Quincy fell in love with her. Their marriage lasted half a century. They lived in Prussia, Massachusetts, Washington, Russia, and England, at royal courts, on farms, and in the White House. Louisa saw more of Europe and America than nearly any other woman of her time. But while other members of the Adams family could take their identity for granted, she had to invent her own. The story of Louisa Catherine Adams is one of a woman who forged a sense of herself."--Page [4] of cover

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