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Author:

Standiford, Les.

Title:

Desperate sons : Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, John Hancock, and the secret bands of radicals who led the colonies to war / Les Standiford.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Harper,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

xvii, 312 p. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Revolutionaries--United States--Biography.
Revolutionaries--United States--History--18th century.
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-293) and index.

Contents:

O Albany! -- Measures illegal, unconstitutional, and oppressive -- The sons are born -- Storm before the calm -- Nourished by indulgence -- Unleashed -- Strong drink in plenty -- Murderer of rights and privileges -- Morning after -- Hornets and firebrands -- From airy nothing -- First to blink -- Better days -- Townshend fans the flames -- The road to massacre -- Affray in King Street -- Trial of the century -- Charred to the waterline -- Prelude to a party -- Mad Hatter's Ball -- Intolerable -- Congress of sons -- Shot around the world -- The conqueror silent sleeps -- Shade of paradise -- What remains.

Summary:

Explores the role of the Sons of Liberty in the American Revolution to reveal how a group of men, which included Samuel Adams, John Adams, John Hancock, and Paul Revere, ignited a rebellion that gave birth to a radical political experiment--a new nation known as the United States.

ISBN:

0061899550 (hardback)
9780061899553 (hardback)

LCCN:

2012019551

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

P1AX906 -- Indian Hills Community College Library - Ottumwa (Ottumwa)

XAPE737 -- Shenandoah Public Library (Shenandoah)