Critique of book Ellis, Joseph J. First Family: Abigail and John Adams. New York: Random House, 2010.
This guide is designed to help you write an essay on the book First Family: Abigail and John Adams, by Joseph J. Ellis. The review should be typed in a Microsoft Word document: double-spaced, standard 12-point font, and 300-to-500 words (2 to 3 pages). Title Type your name at the top of your paper, then type the following bibliographic information for the book: Ellis, Joseph J. First Family: Abigail and John Adams. New York: Random House, 2010. Critique: Your assignment with this paper is not a standard book review, but an analysis or critique of the author’s work. Throughout the book, Ellis uses the letters of Abigail and John Adams to make an argument about the strength of their relationship and how the historical events they lived through affected that relationship. What did you think of the book? What particularly did you like or not like about it? Would you use it if you were teaching this class? Citation: In a book review, there is no need for footnotes. If you use any direct quotes or paraphrase heavily simply use parenthetical citations (e.g. (p.2)).