Samuel Adams: Father of the American Revolution

Mark Puls

en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 mar 2009

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.

Citește tot Restrânge

Descriere

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.

Cuprins

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

Recenzii

'In the midst of the current surge of interest in the founders, the most conspicuous absence is Samuel Adams, an absence that most of his peers would have found inexplicable. Here, at last, is a new life of the man that recovers his crucial role as the Lenin of the American Revolution'
-Joseph J. Ellis, bestselling author of Founding Brothers

'Mark Puls has restored Sam Adams to his rightful place in the spotlight on the revolutionary stage. Puls' Adams is less the hotheaded rabble rouser of popular mythology than a kind of intellectual field marshall - yet one who had the audacity to put ideas to work when the time came to dump tea in Boston harbor. What a character, and what a drama!
-James Tobin, award-winning author of To Conquer the Air

'Required reading for anyone with even the slightest interest in how the United States of America came into existence'
-Melvin Claxton, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Journalism

'A brief, sharply focused biography of the mastermind behind the American colonies' break with England, and the drive for independence. . . . Fully restores Adams to his rightful place as an indispensable provocateur of American liberty'
-Kirkus

'Early American history buffs will enjoy Puls' fine study'
-Publishers Weekly

'Amid narrative attention to Adams' activity in assemblies, Puls ably dramatizes selected historical scenes such as the Boston Tea Party, giving history readers a restored sense of Adams' critical role in events'
-Gilbert Taylor, Booklist
'More than beer. . . [This] new biography finally gives Boston's often underappreciated son of liberty his due'
-Boston Magazine

'Puls has written a highly readable biography of this fascinating man. Focusing on Adams' writing and tactics, [Puls] documents in meticulous detail how a man armed with little else except his words triggered a revolution and helped construct the foundations for a new nation. In crisp prose, Puls builds a convincing case that Adams left his indelible mark on all the major issues of the day. . . . Puls has restored Adams to his rightful place in our history. His new books breathes new life into Adams' legacy, showing the values he instilled continue to define our country even today'
-The Tucson Citizen

'Puls' book goes a long way toward creating the day when, one hopes, Sam Adams will set the standard for good politicians every bit as much as he does for good beer'
-New York Post

'Any Founding Father who ends his days in such a fighting spirit deserves still more of our attention. Samuel Adams is a good place to start'
-The Wall Street Journal

'This is an excellent book for those wanting to explore America's heritage and political history'
- Lt. Cmdr. Youssef Aboul-Enein, MSC, USN Naval District Washington, The Waterline

Notă biografică

MARK PULS is the author of Henry Knox: Visionary General of the American Revolution and co-author of Uncommon Valor: A Story of Race, Patriotism and Glory in the Final Battles of the Civil War with Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Melvin Claxton. Puls has worked as a journalist for The Detroit News. He lives in Hawntranck, Michigan, USA.

Caracteristici

The hardcover received stellar reviews from such publications as The Wall Street Journal, The New York Post, and Boston Magazine
As the popularity of books such as Joseph Ellis' Foundign Fathers and American Sphix, Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow, and Benjamin Franklin by Walter Isaacson demonstrates, there is a huge market for books on the founding fathers
As the first biography of Samuel Adams, this book will be a welcome and unique contribution to an already popular genre. There would have been no American Revolution without Samuel Adams. Although he possessed none of the traditional reins of power, Adams invented novel techniques and brought a revolution about. He was the most influential political writer and strategist in America leading up to the Revolution. His hand was behind nearly every major protest. He invented boycotts, was the first to openly advocate independence, and the first to call for a Continental Congress. He engineered the first circular letter to coordinate colonial resistance. He formed the Committees of Correspondence, which became the provincial governments when royal authority collapsed. He ordered the Boston Tea party, which set the wheels of war in motion. Though Adams did not become president, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams all acknowledged that they built on his foundations
Mark Puls' is a seasoned journalist (he worked at The Detroit News for 12 years) with a strong network. His collaboration with Pulitzer Prize winner Melvin Claxton (most recently on the Wiley book Uncommon Valor) gives him high visibility and has helped him to build a substantial fan base. In 2001 they were named Michigan's top investigative reporters by the Society of Professional Journalists
Puls' reveals that Samuel Adams has not been accurately and adequately portrayed by historians up until now. In the introduction he writes: '[Adams] was unquestionably the leading strategist and most influential political writer in America leading up to the Revolution. This dual role is almost unique in American history, and has never really been explored'
The April 14 publication date is timed to coincide with the April 17 anniversary of the battle of Lexington, which began the Revolutionary War

Samuel Adams: Father of the American Revolution

Preț: 127^.61 lei

Carte tipărită la comandă

Specificații

Descriere

Cuprins

Recenzii

Notă biografică

Caracteristici

Papetărie, jocuri, reviste

Samuel Adams: Father of the American Revolution

Preț: 127.61 lei

Specificații

V-ar putea interesa

Descriere

Cuprins

Recenzii

Notă biografică

Caracteristici

Preț: 127^.61 lei