and that's how john and abigail adams raised their way from the beginning, their oldest son come to be virtuous, honest and to love and serve his country. and so when john adams was sent to france, he decided to take his 10-year-old firstborn son with him to be with him, to be together, to grow closer because they been separated for several years. john adams had been in the continental congress and the boy was with abigail and quincy said he wanted to be with his son but he also wanted to expose him to a european education and to the world of international affairs, and they went to stay with benjamin franklin, and benjamin franklin's lavish chÂteau outside of paris at the time coming and john quincy, john quincy adams went to a french school with benjamin franklin's grandson. and within several months he was speaking french fluently. he was a gifted child. by the time he was 15, he could speak four languages fluently. he'd already studied classical, latin and greek, he could write latin and greek. he was gifted in foreign languages that when a family friend was appointed ambassador min

his mother, abigail adams, she took her boy to the top of the hill behind their farmhouse in quincy, massachusetts and they could look across boston date and so the battle of bunker hill. and she took her boy by the hand became back down to the farmhouse and begin minting on the family pewter to make musket for the patriot and she told her son at that time, she said, you must rise to the height of your country. if you don't succeed, it will be because of your own laziness, slovenliness in austin and this you must make a firm resolution in favor of virtue, integrity and love of your country. that is how john and abigail adams raised her boy from the beginning, the oldest son to be virtue is, honest and to let him serve his country. so when john adams was sent to france, he decided to take his 10-year-old firstborn son with him, to be with him, to be together, grow closer to each other because they had been separated. jonathan said in the cotton of congress and the boy was that abigail in quincy. so he wanted to be assigned, but he also wanted to exposes them to a european education in

abigail adams was in the crowd, just off the balcony in the intersection of up to her husband, john insider is crazy after the declaration was read, everything british was ripped down and burned in the middle of the intersection immediately after the meeting, including the unicorn that now was put up in 1881. it immediately one of the first two games were ripped off by some of the british authority and burned in the middle of the intersection. it was a little rambunctious and boston. it continued to be. before that in 1770 on march 5th, just outside the intersection itself, simply where all familiar with, something that of allison contributed in the book as well as his own book on not. another rambunctious event in the city of boston. so just right outside this building itself. now we are going to turn to the panel discussion, which is in the fashion of a question-and-answer session. this mike in the middle of the i/o is for you to step up to, ask your questions to the panel. right now i will introduce you to the panelists. beginning with bob allison from esa chair of the history department

his 2009 "abigail adams" won the bancroft prize.is a finalist for the george washington book prize and national book award. his first book, "forced founders: indians, debtors, slaves and the making of the american revolution in virginia," won the organization of american historians 'mel kurdy award. i'm honor today introduce -- honored to introduce woody holten. [applause] >> first, i want to celebrate the wisdom ask and the congeniality of the fellow judges who gave up a half year of tear own writing to -- of their own writing to help find the fife amazing books that we present to you tonight. they are brad gooch, linda gordon, susan orlene and judith -- [inaudible] [applause] the other judges and i also want to give special thanks to sherry young who was our tireless and perfectionist liaison at the national book foundation. thank you, sherry. [applause] the finalists for the 2012 national book award for nonfiction are anne applebaum, "iron curtain: the crushing of eastern europe, 1845-1856" published by doubleday. and katherine b

his 2009 but, abigail adams, won the bancroft prize.nruly americans and the origins of the constitution. a finalist for the george washington book prize and national book award. his first book ,-com,-com ma forced founders, indians, debtors slaves in the making of the american revolution in virginia, when the organization of american historians merle kirby award. i am honored to introduce holton. [applause] ♪ ♪ first i want to celebrate the wisdom and the congeniality of the fellow judges, who gave up a half half-year of their own writing to help find the five amazing books that we present to you tonight. they are brad gooch, linda gordon, susan orlean and judas fuel of its. [applause] the other judges and i also want to give special thanks to sherry young, who was our tireless and perfectionist liaison at the national book foundation. thank you, sherry. [applause] the finalist for the 2012 national book award for nonfiction are, and cho applebaum, "iron curtain," "the crushing of eastern europe" ,-com,-com ma 1845 to 1856 published by