Samuel Adams

  • Samuel Adams
    By Karen Bush Gibson

    He was one of the first people to publicly declare that the colonies should be independent, and he worked tirelessly to see that they gained that independence. According to Thomas Jefferson, Samuel Adams was the Father of the Revolution.

  • Samuel Adams
    By Karen Bush Gibson

    He was one of the first people to publicly declare that the colonies should be independent, and he worked tirelessly to see that they gained that independence. According to Thomas Jefferson, Samuel Adams was the Father of the Revolution.

  • Samuel Adams: Father of the American Revolution
    By Mark Puls

    Reassesses the role of Samuel Adams in the formation of an independent America, detailing his role as an influential political writer in colonial America and his promotion of civil protests and political maneuverings that forced Britain ...

  • Samuel Adams: America's Revolutionary Politician
    By John K. Alexander

    ... of the Revolution (New York, 1951); L. H. Butterfield, "Rush and Washington," in Letters of Benjamin Rush, ed. ... "Samuel Adams' Agitational Rhetoric of Revolution" (Ph.D. diss., University of California, 1968); Owen R. Stanley, ...

  • Samuel Adams: The Life of an American Revolutionary
    By John K. Alexander

    Adams, of course, readily agreed that one should consider future generations, not just the present moment. ... The eminent constitutional historian Andrew C. McLaughlin maintained that “the fully developed convention” process first used ...

  • Samuel Adams: The Father of American Independence
    By Dennis B. Fradin

    Presents the life and accomplishments of the colonist and patriot who was involved in virtually every major event that resulted in the birth of the United States.

  • Samuel Adams
    By James Kendall Hosmer

    James Kendall Hosmer. وو Hosmer resembled these men . He came from an old New England family : his ancestors left Kent County , England , for the New World in 1635 ( the name appears as “ Osmore ” in John Winthrop's Journal ) .

  • Samuel Adams: Patriot and Statesman
    By Michael Burgan

    Profiles the life of Samuel Adams and explores his role in the tax rebellion and the Boston Tea Party.

  • Samuel Adams: The Life of an American Revolutionary
    By John K. Alexander

    (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1961) John A. Garraty and March C. Carnes, eds., American National Biography, 24 vols. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1999) Colonial Society of Massachusetts Oxford Dictionary ofNational ...

  • Samuel Adams: Father of the American Revolution
    By Mark Puls

    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.

  • Samuel Adams: A Life
    By Ira Stoll

    Sure to be discussed widely, this book reminds us who Samuel Adams was, why he has been slighted by history, and why he must be remembered.

  • Samuel Adams: Son of Liberty, Father of Revolution
    By Benjamin H. Irvin

    Examines the life of Samuel Adams, a hero of the American Revolution who is credited by some with having fired the first shot at Lexington Green, the "shot heard 'round the world."

  • Samuel Adams: A Life
    By Ira Stoll

    Seeks to illuminate the founding father's lesser-known but pivotal roles in nearly every aspect of the American Revolution and the development of key national agendas, explaining how Adams represented the new country's moral conscience and ...

  • Samuel Adams: Son of Liberty, Father of Revolution
    By Benjamin H. Irvin

    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 ...

  • Samuel Adams: Patriot and Statesman
    By Matt Doeden

    A biography of Samuel Adams in graphic novel format.

  • Samuel Adams
    By James Kendall Hosmer

    This book summarizes the life and activity in the American Revolution of Samuel Adams and the organizations with which he was involved. The main emphasis is on political and American...

  • Samuel Adams: Radical Puritan
    By William M. Fowler, Lillian M. Fowler

    Brief, paperback biography that discusses former U.S. president Samuel Adams.

  • Samuel Adams: Patriot and Statesman
    By Michael Burgan

    Profiles the life of Samuel Adams and explores his role in the tax rebellion and the Boston Tea Party.

  • Samuel Adams
    By James Kendall Hosmer

    We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

  • Samuel Adams: America's Revolutionary Politician
    By John K. Alexander

    Adams, Alexander argues, was an unwavering politician who strove to protect the people's basic rights and who emphasized the importance of virtue, liberty, a sense of duty, and education in fashioning a republican society.