On October 25, 1764, Abigail's father presided over the wedding of his daughter to John Adams. The young couple moved into the house John had inherited form his father in Braintree (today a part of the National Park Service, Adams National Historic Site) and began their life together.
About Allen Ginsberg. Allen Ginsberg, the visionary poet and founding father of the Beat generation inspired the American counterculture of the second half of the 20th century with groundbreaking poems such as âHowlâ and âKaddish.â Among the avant-garde he was considered a spiritual and sexually liberated ambassador for tolerance and enlightenment.
I'm Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen by Sylvie Simmons â review. A masterful biography of Leonard Cohen reveals a selfish man with irresistible charm. Kitty Empire. Saturday 24 November 2012 19.05 EST First published on Saturday 24 November 2012 19.05 EST. This notorious ladies' man, Leonard Cohen biographer Sylvie Simmons concludes more than once in her enthralling, meticulously researched account, would have made a very good rabbi.