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Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

John & Abigail Adams [videorecording] / written and produced by Elizabeth Deane ; directed by Peter Jones ; WGBH Educational Foundation ; PBS.

Edition:

Widescreen.

Publisher, Date:

Hollywood, CA : PBS Home Video : Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, c2006.

Description:

1 videodisc (ca. 120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

Relying heavily on the correspondence between the second president, John Adams, and his wife, Abigail Adams, this joint biography sheds light on the characters of two people who played crictical roles in the history of the United States and on the tumultuous times through which they lived. He was a participant in the Continental Congress and a wartime emissary to France as well as becoming the second President of the United States during its fledging years. Mrs. Adams was an eyewitness reporter during the Siege of Boston.

Subjects:

Adams, John, 1735-1826.

Adams, Abigail, 1744-1818.

Presidents -- United States -- Biography.

Presidents' spouses -- United States -- Biography.

United States -- History -- 1783-1815.

Other Author:

Stiers, David Ogden.

Deane, Elizabeth (Elizabeth K.)

Jones, Peter.

WGBH Educational Foundation.

Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)