Bibliography
AKERS, CHARLES W. Abigail Adams (2000). Lively account of John Adams’s foremost supporter.
DECONDE, ALEXANDER. Quasi-War: Undeclared War with France, 1797–1801 (1966). History of the naval war with France.
ELKINS, STANLEY M., AND ERIC L. MCKITRICK. The Age of Federalism (1993). An insightful analysis of the ideologies and personalities of the era.
GELLES, EDITH B. Portia: The World of Abigail Adams (1992). Beautifully written, prize-winning account of Abigail Adams.
HOFSTADTER, RICHARD. Idea of a Party System (1969). Classic description of early American opposition to parties.
MCCULLOUGH, DAVID. John Adams (2002). Pulitzer Prize–winning biography.
SMITH, JAMES M. Freedom’s Fetters (1956). An extensive account of the Alien and Sedition Acts written during the McCarthy era, when free speech was again threatened by the government.
STONE, GEOFFREY R. Perilous Times: Free Speech in Wartime from the Sedition Act of 1798 to the War on Terrorism (2004). Stone contends that America upholds the First Amendment about 80 percent of the time but often ignores it in times of war and civil disorder.
THOMPSON, C. BRADLEY. John Adams and the Spirit of Liberty (1998). Argues that Adams was one of the most influential political thinkers of the Revolutionary generation.
WITHEY, LYNNE. Dearest Friend: A Life of Abigail Adams (1981). The personal and public life of Abigail Adams.
AKERS, CHARLES W. Abigail Adams (2000). Lively account of John Adams’s foremost supporter.
DECONDE, ALEXANDER. Quasi-War: Undeclared War with France, 1797–1801 (1966). History of the naval war with France.
ELKINS, STANLEY M., AND ERIC L. MCKITRICK. The Age of Federalism (1993). An insightful analysis of the ideologies and personalities of the era.
GELLES, EDITH B. Portia: The World of Abigail Adams (1992). Beautifully written, prize-winning account of Abigail Adams.
HOFSTADTER, RICHARD. Idea of a Party System (1969). Classic description of early American opposition to parties.
MCCULLOUGH, DAVID. John Adams (2002). Pulitzer Prize–winning biography.
SMITH, JAMES M. Freedom’s Fetters (1956). An extensive account of the Alien and Sedition Acts written during the McCarthy era, when free speech was again threatened by the government.
STONE, GEOFFREY R. Perilous Times: Free Speech in Wartime from the Sedition Act of 1798 to the War on Terrorism (2004). Stone contends that America upholds the First Amendment about 80 percent of the time but often ignores it in times of war and civil disorder.
THOMPSON, C. BRADLEY. John Adams and the Spirit of Liberty (1998). Argues that Adams was one of the most influential political thinkers of the Revolutionary generation.
WITHEY, LYNNE. Dearest Friend: A Life of Abigail Adams (1981). The personal and public life of Abigail Adams.