adams, samuel

"Thomas Jefferson asserted that if there was any leader of the Revolution, "Samuel Adams was the man." With high-minded ideals and bare-knuckle tactics, Adams led what could be called the greatest campaign of civil resistance in American history. [The author] returns Adams to his seat of glory, introducing us to the shrewd and eloquent man who supplied the moral backbone of the American Revolution. He employed every tool available to rally a town, a colony, and eventually a band of colonies behind him, creating the cause that created a country. For his efforts he became the most wanted man in America: When Paul Revere rode to Lexington in 1775, it was to warn Samuel Adams that he was about to be arrested for treason. In The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams, Schiff brings her masterful skills to Adams's improbable life, illuminating his transformation from aimless son of a well-off family to tireless, beguiling radical who mobilized the colonies"--Provided by publisher.

In-depth sidebars help readers connect these events to their own lives by examining how the American Revolution is presented in pop culture, and by exploring what the historical sites mentioned are like today.

"A nonfiction picturebook about John Hancock and Samuel Adams, focusing on their roles and relationship for ten years leading up to the Revolutionary War"--Provided by publisher.

A biography of the Massachusetts radical whose belief in forceful protest against injustice made him one of the leaders of the Revolution.

Relates the incident which finally led Samuel Adams to learn to ride a horse.

Examines the key roles played by Samuel Adams, Thomas Hutchinson, and James Otis during the fifteen years preceding the American Revolution and discusses their influence on the events that led to the colonists' revolt.

A collection of brief biographies about famous Americans, including the title story about the eighteenth-century printer, inventor, and statesman who played an influential role in the early history of the United States.