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176 pp.
| Oxford
| March, 2003
|
TradeISBN 0-19-513225-4$$24.00
(3)
YA
Oxford Portraits series.
This in-depth biography discusses not only Adams's life, from his birth in Boston in 1722 until his death eighty-one years later, but also the events leading up to the American Revolution and his significant role in bringing it about. Period reproductions and several of Adams's writings help break up the dense text. Reading list, timeline. Ind.