Samuel Adams: Father of the American Revolution
By Mark Puls
3.5/5
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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.
Mark Puls
Mark Puls is the author of Samuel Adams: Father of the American Revolution, winner of the Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award, 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, MI.
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Reviews for Samuel Adams
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This was an interesting if, perhaps, somewhat flattering portrait of the political life of the man who, according to the author, practically single handedly brought about the American Revolution. There was very little about his personal life although the author warned that little was actually known. He was a master political strategist and polemist and this is well presented. It seemed to me that anything that would be considered critical of the man, such as his failed business ventures and his lack of ability to handle money so that his family was usually in dire financial circumstances seemed to be glossed over. I wonder if McCullough would have presented a more balance picture of the man as he did of Washington in 1776. I read this book immediately after reading the McCullough books John Adams and 1776. I am new to reading history that's not in a textbook, but this book did not seem to be nearly as well written as balanced, or as thorough as the McCullough books.