TY  - BOOK
AU  - Stoll,Ira
TI  - Samuel Adams: a life 
SN  - 9780743299114
AV  - E302.6.A2 S76 2008
U1  - 973.3/092B 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - New York
PB  - Free Press
KW  - Adams, Samuel,
KW  - United States
KW  - Declaration of Independence
KW  - Signers
KW  - Biography
KW  - Politicians
KW  - Revolutionaries
KW  - Puritans
KW  - Massachusetts
KW  - Boston
KW  - Newspaper editors
KW  - History
KW  - Revolution, 1775-1783
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1775-1783
KW  - Boston (Mass.)
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-323) and index
N2  - With eloquence equal to Jefferson and Tom Paine, Adams helped ignite the flame of liberty and made sure it glowed even during the Revolution's darkest hours. He was, as Jefferson later observed, "truly the man of the Revolution." Adams played a pivotal role not fully appreciated until now in the events leading up to the confrontation with the British. Believing that God willed a free American nation, he was among the first to call for independence. He saw the opportunity to stir things up after the Boston Massacre and helped plan and instigate the Boston Tea Party. A fiery newspaper editor, he railed ceaselessly against "taxation without representation" and argued the urgency of revolution. When the top British general in America offered a general amnesty in 1775 to all who would lay down their arms, he excepted only John Hancock and Samuel Adams: these two were destined for the gallows.--From publisher description
ER  -