The Real John Adams: The Truth Behind the Legend

by Allison Lassieur

Overview

John Adams was the second U.S. president, and the first to live in the White House. He hand-selected George Washington to serve as commander of the Continental Army. He also chose Thomas Jefferson to write the Declaration of Independence. Adams clearly had a brilliant legal mind, but his brash tactics attracted both friends and enemies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780756562519
Publisher:	Capstone Press
Publication date:	08/01/2019
Series:	Real Revolutionaries
Pages:	64
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Lexile:	870L (what's this?)
Age Range:	10 - 12 Years

About the Author

Allison Lassieur has never had pop-star dreams, but she once sang in a choir that went on a multi-state tour on the way to Walt Disney World. Today she’s an award-winning author of more than 150 history and non-fiction books about everything from Ancient Rome to the International Space Station. Her books have received several Kirkus starred reviews and Booklist recommendations, and her historical novel Journey to a Promised Land was awarded the 2020 Kansas Library Association Notable Book Award, and Library of Congress Great Reads Book selection. Allison lives in upstate New York with her husband, daughter, a scruffy, loveable mutt named Jingle Jack, and more books than she can count.

Interviews

• Explains how and why perspectives of people have changed over time. • Assists in analyzing why individuals and groups, and the developments they shaped, are seen as historically significant. • Demonstrates how people’s perspectives influenced what information is available in the historical sources they created.