In the early days of America when men wore ruffles, rode horseback, and obeyed the King, there lived a man in Boston who cared for none of these things. No one expected Samuel Adams to wear ruffles or pledge allegiance to the King of England, but his friends did think that he might get on a horse. But would he? Never! he said. An ALA Notable ...
The story of one of the most important -- and most elusive -- figures of the American Revolution, Samuel Adams traces the life of the "Man of the Revolution," as he was called by Thomas Jefferson, from his childhood as a fifth-generation New Englander to his pivotal role in the Boston Tea Party and war that followed to a life spent in public ...
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The Adlers offer a compelling look at American patriot Samuel Adams, an organizer of the Boston Tea Party, a delegate to the First and Second Continental Congresses, and one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Full color.
Samuel Adams: America's Revolutionary Politician offers a fresh full-life biography of the man Thomas Jefferson once described as the helmsman of the American Revolution. In his study, historian John K. Alexander uses narrative history to argue that Samuel Adams was both America's first professional politician and its first modern politician. ...
In the early days of America when men wore ruffles, rode horseback, and obeyed the King, there lived a man in Boston who cared for none of these things. No one expected Samuel Adams to wear ruffles or pledge allegiance to the King of England, but his friends did think that he might get on a horse. But would he? Never! he said. An ALA Notable ...
A biography of the patriot and politician whose speeches, writings, and activities, including the Boston Tea Party, helped stir up the colonists against Great Britain.
Traces the prolific and eclectic writing career of Adams who wrote more than fifty books and wrote the scripts for the films "It Happened One Night" and "Flaming Youth". Kennedy offers insights into Adams's relationships with fellow writers, agents, editors, book publishers and reviewers, which he maintained throughout his career.
- World Events Timeline - Personal Timeline - Source Notes - Select Bibliography - Table of Contents, Glossary, and Index - Further Reading - Relevant Web sites at www.FactHound.com - National Center for History in the Schools. National Standards for History. Los Angeles, CA: National Center for History in the Schools, 1996.
1884. From the Second Series, Volume IV of the Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science comes a short sketch of Samuel Adams, political leader in the American Revolution and signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House
Date Published: 1948
Description: Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall Used VG in cloth (sl stains/rubbing to covers). 8vo [4], 348pp Novel of the after math of the Second World War, set in the milieu of newspapers. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: E. P Dutton & Co.
Date Published: 1967
Description: G. Ex-library Usual marks. Library pictorial cover. Library stamps on the blank front endpapers, pocket and stamps on the back endpapers, otherwise good. The beginnings of the Revolutionary War are examined from the viewpoints of Samuel Adams and John Hancock. read more
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Life of William McKinley, our martyred president, with short biographies of Lincoln and Garfield, and a comprehensive life of President Roosevelt, containing the masterpieces of McKinley's eloquence, and a history of anarchy, its purposes and results.
