Samuel Adams: Father of the American Revolution - Softcover

Puls, Mark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0230614000 ISBN 13: 9780230614000

Publisher: Smp Palgrave Trade, 2009

Synopsis

Winner of the 2007 Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award! Samuel Adams is perhaps the most unheralded and overshadowed of the founding fathers, yet without him there would have been no American Revolution. A genius at devising civil protests and political maneuvers that became a trademark of American politics, Adams astutely forced Britain into coercive military measures that ultimately led to the irreversible split in the empire. His remarkable political career addresses all the major issues concerning America's decision to become a nation -- from the notion of taxation without representation to the Declaration of Independence. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams all acknowledged that they built our nation on Samuel Adams' foundations. Now, in this riveting biography, his story is finally told and his crucial place in American history is fully recognized.

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About the Author

MARK PULS is the author of Henry Knox: Visionary General of the American Revolution and co-author of Uncommon Valor: A Story of Race, Patriotism and Glory in the Final Battles of the Civil War with Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Melvin Claxton. Puls has worked as a journalist for The Detroit News. He lives in Hawntranck, Michigan, USA.

Edition details

• Publisher: Smp Palgrave Trade
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0230614000
• ISBN 13: 9780230614000
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288