John Adams HBO series and real history

[potioncat]

> Alla:

> If we go by this article, then the answer is really not, it seems to 
> me. I mean, he left of course, but does not look like he just left 
> his kids for years at a time, but took them with him too. And when 
> Abigail came, her daughter came with her. Ugh, why take this kind of 
> creative license I wonder/
> 
> http://hnn.us/articles/56155.html


Potioncat:
The article pointed even more descrepencies than Tom and I caught. 
(More catching done by him than me.)

John did disown Charles. But the founding fathers may not have been the 
type of fathers that we look to today. Franklin was also estranged from 
his son, and possibly a grandson. Of course, his son was a Torry. I 
once read an article bashing Jefferson because of letters he sent to 
his daughter. The writer thought he was very harsh.

But, the series was very good. Did you see, Paul G. did get the award! 
We'll watch it again. But I need a break from it before we put it on 
again.