ADAMS, ABIGAIL SMITH (1744-1818)

Juvenile Literature

• * Anthony, Carl Sferrazza.  America’s Most Influential First Ladies.  Minneapolis: Oliver Press, 1992.

• * Beller, Susan Provost.  Woman of Independence:  The Life of Abigail Adams.  White Hall, VA:  Shoe Tree Press, 1992.

• * Bennett, Wayne.  Women in the White House:  Four First Ladies.  Champaign, IL:  Garrard Publishing, 1976.

• * Bober, Natalie.  Abigail Adams:  Witness to a Revolution.  New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1995.

• * Ching, Jacqueline.  Abigail Adams:  A Revolutionary Woman.  New York:  PowerPlus Books, 2002.

• * Ferris, Jeri, and Ellen Beier.  Remember the Ladies:   A Story About Abigail Adams.  Minneapolis:  First Avenue Editions, 2000.

• Fradin, Dennis B. and Tom Dunnington.   Abigail Adams:  Adviser to a President. Hillside, NJ:  Enslow Publishers, 1989.

• * Furbee, Mary R.  Women of the American Revolution.   San Diego, CA:  Lucent Books, 1999.

• * Gormley, Beatrice.  First Ladies:  Women Who Called the White House Home.  New York:  Scholastic, 1997.

• Johnson, Bertha.  John and Abigail Adams:  Family of Destiny.  Denver:  Pioneer Drama Service, 1976.

• * Johnston, Johanna.  They Led the Way:  14 American Women.   New York:  Scholastic, 1973.

• Kelly, Regina Zimmerman, and Robert C. Frankenberg.  Abigail Adams:  The President’s Lady.  New York:  Houghton Mifflin, 1962.

• * Larkin, Tanya.   What Was Cooking in Abigail Adams’s White House?  New York:  Powerkids Press, 2001.

• * Lee, Susan, John Lee, and George Ulrich.  Abigail Adams.  Chicago:  Childrens Press, 1977.

• * Mayo, Edith.  The Smithsonian Book of the First Ladies:   Their Lives, Times, and Issues.  New York:  Henry Holt, 1996.

• * McCarthy, Pat.  Abigail Adams:  First Lady and Patriot.  Berkeley Heights, NJ:  Enslow, 2002.

• Meeker, Clare Hodgson.  Partner in Revolution:  Abigail Adams.  New York:  Benchmark Books, 1998.

• Osborne, Angela.  Abigail Adams.  New York:  Chelsea House, 1989.

• * Peterson, Helen Stone and Betty Fraser.  Abigail Adams, “Dear Partner.”   Champaign, IL:  Garrard Publishing, 1967.

• * Sabin, Francene, and Yoshi Miyake.   Young Abigail Adams.   Mahwah, NJ:  Troll Associates, 1992.

• * Seward, James, and Lynda DeCesare.  The First Ladies:  Martha Washington to Hillary Clinton.  Baltimore: Ottenheimer Publications, 1992.

• * Silcox-Jarrett, Diane.  Heroines of the American Revolution:  America’s Founding Mothers.  Chapel Hill, NC:  Green Angel Press, 1998; reissued, New York:  Scholastic, 2000.

• * St. George, Judith.  John & Abigail Adams:  An American Love Story.   New York:  Holiday House, 2001.

• * Thornton, Jeremy.  Famous Women of the American Revolution.  New York:  PowerKids Press, 2003.  Includes a chapter on Abigail Adams.

• * Wagoner, Jean Brown,  and James J. Ponter.  Abigail Adams:  Girl of Colonial Days. 
  New York:  Aladdin Books, 1992.

• * Waldrop, Ruth W., and  Hurston Holland Hendrix.  Abigail Adams.  Tuscaloosa, AL:  RuSK, 1988.

• Wallner, Alexandra.  Abigail Adams.  New York:  Scholastic, 2001.

• * Witter, Evelyn.  Abigail Adams, First Lady of Faith and Courage.  Milford, MI:  Mott Media, 1976.

* This book is in the National First Ladies' Library collection.

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