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cancermoononhigh's review
5.0
This book was my first read solely on John Adams and it read life fiction. This book was only a glimpse on certain years of his life.
John grew up in an environment that was deeply religious. Braintree was a town where a man would rather die that submit to the authority of the Church of England. As a child he was not a very enthusiastic student, and had a plans of being a farmer. Luckily his father had other plans, John was to go to Harvard. Once at Harvard his appetite for learning grew. In his sophomore year he read everything and would hide books under his cloak to read. He graduated Harvard and become a school teacher at Worcester. However during his year of teaching he decided to become a lawyer and became a law student there as well. Once he became an attorney he did not stop learning, he continued learning all aspects of the law. His practice and name grew.
Abigail Smith was the exact kind of woman John Adams needed. She completed his and was his utmost confident. The first conversation they had was with her holding a book - a fact that John never forgot. She taught John kindness - a trait he dearly needed. The couple had a 2 year engagement and had a total of 4 children, one dying in infancy. They shared the same philosophy of the state of the country and were devoted to one another. A true successful relationship.
Perhaps the two biggest cases Adams represented was Captain Preston and the trial of the British soliders. John was outraged that the Crown attorneys would not take the case, he took the case along with Josiah Quincy. Both cases had positive outcomes and Adams' name grew. Shortly after those cases he broke out to the political scene, not by choice, his arm twisted by cousin Sam Adams and others.
John became one of the four delegates of Massachusetts to meet with the other delegates of the 13 colonies. Traveling to Philadelphia was the furthest Adams has ever gone. His cousin Sam Adams was also among the group. John grew even more as a delegate - his opinion becoming more solid and openly argued his point of view - which other delegates would chimney in with agreement. John argued for a continental army and government and was the one who put the final vote for George Washington to be that leader of the Army.
This was a very interesting read - gave a view of the circumstances surrounding the time period.
John grew up in an environment that was deeply religious. Braintree was a town where a man would rather die that submit to the authority of the Church of England. As a child he was not a very enthusiastic student, and had a plans of being a farmer. Luckily his father had other plans, John was to go to Harvard. Once at Harvard his appetite for learning grew. In his sophomore year he read everything and would hide books under his cloak to read. He graduated Harvard and become a school teacher at Worcester. However during his year of teaching he decided to become a lawyer and became a law student there as well. Once he became an attorney he did not stop learning, he continued learning all aspects of the law. His practice and name grew.
Abigail Smith was the exact kind of woman John Adams needed. She completed his and was his utmost confident. The first conversation they had was with her holding a book - a fact that John never forgot. She taught John kindness - a trait he dearly needed. The couple had a 2 year engagement and had a total of 4 children, one dying in infancy. They shared the same philosophy of the state of the country and were devoted to one another. A true successful relationship.
Perhaps the two biggest cases Adams represented was Captain Preston and the trial of the British soliders. John was outraged that the Crown attorneys would not take the case, he took the case along with Josiah Quincy. Both cases had positive outcomes and Adams' name grew. Shortly after those cases he broke out to the political scene, not by choice, his arm twisted by cousin Sam Adams and others.
John became one of the four delegates of Massachusetts to meet with the other delegates of the 13 colonies. Traveling to Philadelphia was the furthest Adams has ever gone. His cousin Sam Adams was also among the group. John grew even more as a delegate - his opinion becoming more solid and openly argued his point of view - which other delegates would chimney in with agreement. John argued for a continental army and government and was the one who put the final vote for George Washington to be that leader of the Army.
This was a very interesting read - gave a view of the circumstances surrounding the time period.
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