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Informationen zum Autor Mark Puls Klappentext 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Timeline of the Life of Samuel Adams Who Is Who in Samuel Adams: Father of the American Revolution Introduction The Education of a Radical Civil Disobedience A Bundle of Sticks The True Sentiments of America All the King's Men Persecution The Boston Massacre Standing Alone The Fuse of a Revolution Portents of War Revolution Independence The Trials of War A Constitution Twilight Epilogue: Patriarch of Liberty Notes Bibliography Index
List of contents
Acknowledgments
Timeline of the Life of Samuel Adams
Who Is Who in Samuel Adams: Father of the American Revolution
Introduction
The Education of a Radical
Civil Disobedience
A Bundle of Sticks
The True Sentiments of America
All the King's Men
Persecution
The Boston Massacre
Standing Alone
The Fuse of a Revolution
Portents of War
Revolution
Independence
The Trials of War
A Constitution
Twilight
Epilogue: Patriarch of Liberty
Notes
Bibliography
Index
