Abigail Adams and Her Sisters
The Leonard Lopate Show | Jun 30, 2014
Much has been written about the enduring marriage of President John Adams and his wife, Abigail. But Abigail had equally strong bonds with her sisters, Mary Cranch and Elizabeth Shaw Peabody. In Dear Abigail, biographer Diane Jacobs tells the story of the sisters’ relationship, which unfolds against the backdrop of America in its transformative colonial years.
