John Adams

January 10, 2011

John Adams

In the News: John Adams, the second President of the United States and Vice President under George Washington, is at the S. E. Wimberly Library!

John Adams Unbound is a traveling panel exhibition that has made its way to the FAU Libraries. Please stop by the library atrium lobby during regular hours to view it. And while you’re there, check out these titles.

Abigail and John Adams: The Americanization of Sensibility
By G. J. Barker-Benfield. University of Chicago Press, 2010
Call Number: E322 .B37 2010

Abigail Adams: A Biography
By Phyllis Lee Levin. St. Martin’s Press, 1987
Call Number: E322.1 .A38 L48 1987

Abigail Adams: A Revolutionary American Woman
By Charles W. Akers. Pearson Longman, 2007
Call Number: E32.1 .A38 A35 2006

Abigail & John: Portrait of a Marriage
By Edith B. Gelles. William Morrow, 2009
Call Number: E322 .G456 2009

Adams on Adams
Selected and edited by Paul M. Zall
Call Number: E322 .A3 2004

Adams vs. Jefferson: The Tumultuous Election of 1800
By John Ferling. Oxford University Press, 2004
Call Number: E330 .F47 2004 (Also available online via NetLibrary)

America’s First Dynasty: The Adamses, 1735-1918
By Richard Brookhiser. Free Press, 2002
Call Number: E322.1 .B76 2002

The Deadlocked Election of 1800: Jefferson, Burr, and the Union in the Balance
By James Roger Sharp. University Press of Kansas, 2010
Call Number: E330 .S53 2010

Dearest Friend: A Life of Abigail Adams
By Lynne Withey. Touchstone, 2001
Call Number: E322.1 .A38 W56 2001

First Family: Abigail and John
By Joseph J. Ellis. Alfred A. Knopf, 2010
ON ORDER

John & Abigail Adams
Directed by Peter Jones. PBS Home Video, 2006
Call Number: Available online via American History in Video

John Adams (DVD)
Directed by Tom Hooper. HBO Video, 2008
Call Number: PN1997.2 .J6246 2008 (Boca Raton Media Center, also at Jupiter)

John Adams
By John Patrick Diggins. Times Books, 2003
Call Number: E322 .D54 2003

John Adams
By David McCullough. Simon & Schuster, 2001
Call Number: E322 .M38 2001

John Adams: A Life
By John Ferling. Henry Holt & Co., 1996
Call Number: E322 .F47 1996

John Adams: Party of One
By James Grant. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005
Call Number: E322 .G73 2005

A Magnificent Catastrophe: The Tumultuous Election of 1800: America’s First Presidential Campaign
By Edward J. Larson. Free Press, 2007
Call Number: E330 .L37 2007

Mrs. Adams in Winter: A Journey in the Last Days of Napoleon
By Michael O’Brien. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010
Call Number: D919 .O27 2010

Passionate Sage: The Character and Legacy of John Adams
By Joseph J. Ellis. Norton, 2993
Call Number: E321 .E45 1993 (At Jupiter)

The Portable John Adams
Edited by John Patrick Diggins. Penguin Books, 2004
Call Number: E302 .A262 2004

Setting the World Ablaze: Washington, Adams, and Jefferson, and the American Revolution
By John Ferling. Oxford University Press, 2000
Call Number: E302.5 .F46 2000