The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams

Reviews

1. 

   Paul R. Beauparlant – July 28, 2024

   Well-researched book from a leading historian!
   A pleasure to read and hard to put down… written so well that one can visualize the scenarios. One of the better biographies on an often forgotten and certainly unrecognized and under appreciated Founding Father

2. 

   jtpurcell – July 28, 2024

   Excellent book. Well researched and well written.
   Excellent book. Well researched and well written.

3. 

   Sheila M – July 28, 2024

   Fascinating History of the American Revolution
   Historian Stacy Schiff makes a compelling argument (well-researched with lots of footnotes — that themselves are fascinating) that Adams was the driving force behind the American Revolution. With vivid prose, Schiff paints a portrait of a man devoted to moral righteousness and impervious to wealth and power, yet who ruthlessly used misinformation to whip up public sentiment against the British. Adams presaged techniques now commonplace to distort facts and push towards the revolution. Well-known incidents leading to the revolution are shown in new ways — the Boston Tea Party and the Boston Massacre are both fascinating when Samuel Adams’ influence is shown. Schiff offers insights into how Adams’ conflicting traits and pivotal role in inflaming rebellion through his inflammatory rhetoric make for an absorbing narrative. Her lively accounts of mob violence and key revolutionary figures like John Hancock and Thomas Hutchinson further illuminate a historical figure that many people have heard of but whose actions have been hidden in the fog of history. The fact that I learned a lot and enjoyed the journey resulted in me giving this book five stars.

4. 

   Customer – July 28, 2024

   A well written book. A bought the Hard Copy. Now a prized addition to my library.

5. 

   Lorenzo – July 28, 2024

   An interesting glance into the life of a crucial – yet often forgotten – figure in the American Revolution.