John Adams Under Fire: The Founding Father's Fight for Justice in the Boston Massacre Murder Trial
<strong>Look for Dan Abrams and David Fisher’s new book, <em>Kennedy’s Avenger: Assassination, Conspiracy, and the Forgotten Trial of Jack Ruby</em>.<br /><br />*NOW A <em>NEW YORK TIMES</em> BESTSELLER*</strong><br /><br /><strong>“An expert, extremely detailed account of John Adams’ finest hour.”—</strong><strong><em>Kirkus Reviews</em></strong><br /><br /><strong>Honoring the 250th Anniversary of the Boston Massacre<br /><br />The </strong><strong><em>New York Times</em></strong><strong> bestselling author of </strong><strong><em>Lincoln’s Last Trial</em></strong><strong> and host of </strong><strong><em>LivePD</em></strong><strong> Dan Abrams and David Fisher tell the story of a trial that would change history.</strong><br /><br /><strong>An eye-opening story of America on the edge of revolution.</strong><br /><br />History remembers John Adams as a Founding Father and our country’s second president. But in the tense years before the American Revolution, he was still just a lawyer, fighting for justice in one of the most explosive murder trials of the era—the Boston Massacre, where five civilians died from shots fired by British soldiers.<br /><br />Drawing on Adams’s own words from the trial transcript, Dan Abrams and David Fisher transport readers to colonial Boston, a city roiling with rebellion, where British military forces and American colonists lived side by side, waiting for the spark that would start a war.<br />