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Author Irvin, Benjamin

Title Samuel Adams : son of liberty, father of revolution / Benjamin H. Irvin
Published New York : Oxford University Press, ©2002

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Description 1 online resource (176 pages) : illustrations
Series Oxford portraits
Oxford portraits.
Contents Prologue: the elusive Samuel Adams -- Samuel Adams's Boston -- Raised for rebellion -- Tis not in mortals to command success -- Sam the publican and the Stamp Act Riots -- Mobs and massacre -- To save the country -- The Coercive Acts and the Continental Congress -- Is not America already independent -- The storm is now over -- Epilogue: Samuel Adams's legacy
Summary 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."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-170) and index
Notes English
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Subject Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803 -- Juvenile literature
SUBJECT Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803
Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803 fast
Subject United States. Declaration of Independence -- Signers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
SUBJECT Declaration of Independence (United States) fast
Subject Politicians -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
Politicians
JUVENILE NONFICTION -- History.
JUVENILE NONFICTION -- Biography & Autobiography -- Science & Technology.
Politicians
Amerikaanse Vrijheidsoorlog.
Amerikanen.
SUBJECT United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140144
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
Subject United States
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Juvenile works
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
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