Samuel Adams Father of the American Revolution

by Puls, Mark

• ISBN13: 9781403975829
• ISBN10: 1403975825
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-10-03
• Publisher: Ecampus Direct

Summary

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.

Author Biography

Mark Puls is the author of Samuel Adams: Father of the American Revolution, winner of the Fraunces Tavern award, and co-author of Uncommon Valor: A Story of Race, Patriotism and Glory in the Final Battles of the Civil War. Puls has worked as a journalist for The Detroit News.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xi
Timeline of the Life of Samuel Adams	1	(2)
Who Is Who in Samuel Adams: Father of the American Revolution	3	(10)
Introduction	13	(136)
1. The Education of a Radical	19	(16)
2. Civil Disobedience	35	(10)
3. A Bundle of Sticks	45	(20)
4. The True Sentiments of America	65	(12)
5. All the King's Men	77	(14)
6. Persecution	91	(8)
7. The Boston Massacre	99	(14)
8. Standing Alone	113	(20)
9. The Fuse of a Revolution	133	(16)
10. Portents of War	149	(16)
11. Revolution	165	(14)
12. Independence	179	(12)
13. The Trials of War	191	(20)
14. A Constitution	211	(12)
15. Twilight	223	(10)
Epilogue: Patriarch of Liberty	233	(6)
Notes	239	(22)
Bibliography	261	(6)
Index	267