Jeanne Abrams - A View from Abroad: The Story of John and Abigail Adams in Europe

History Tavern Podcast

Dr. Jeanne Abrams talked about her book A View From Abroad: The Story of John and Abigail Adams in Europe. John and Abigail's time in Europe helped define what it meant for them to be American. They detested the excesses of European aristocracy and the rule of a hereditary monarch. Instead, the were unwavering republicans.