The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams

Summary

A revelatory biography from a Pulitzer Prize-winning author about the most essential Founding Father— the one who stood behind the change in thinking that produced the American Revolution.

Thomas Jefferson once asserted that “for depth of purpose, zeal, and sagacity, no man in Congress exceeded, if any equaled, Sam Adams.” John Adams called him “the most elegant writer, the most sagacious politician, and celebrated patriot perhaps of all.” But in spite of his celebrated status among America’s founding fathers as a revolutionary leader, Samuel Adams’ life and achievements have been largely overshadowed in the history books.

Now, in The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams, Stacy Schiff brings her masterful skill as historian and storyteller to the life of Samuel Adams, examining his transformation from the listless, failing son of a wealthy family into the tireless, silver-tongued revolutionary, who rallied the likes of John Hancock and John Adams behind him.

Gripping and revelatory, this book is a long-overdue chapter in the history of the American Revolution.

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