Samuel Adams
Subtitle: son of liberty, father of revolution
By: Benjamin H. Irvin.
Series: Oxford portraits
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
Subjects: Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803 -- Juvenile literature; Adams, Samuel, 1722-1803; United States. -- Signers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Politicians -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Politicians; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 
Genres: Juvenile literature.; Biography
Description: 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."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-170) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: the elusive Samuel Adams; title: Samuel Adams's Boston; title: Raised for rebellion; title: Tis not in mortals to command success; title: Sam the publican and the Stamp Act Riots; title: Mobs and massacre; title: To save the country; title: The Coercive Acts and the Continental Congress; title: Is not America already independent; title: The storm is now over; title: Epilogue: Samuel Adams's legacy.