{"product_id":"revolutionary-samuel-adams","title":"The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis revelatory biography from a Pulitzer Prize-winning author explores the story of the most essential Founding Father--the one who stood behind the change that sparked the American Revolution.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A glorious book that is as entertaining as it is vitally important.\" --Ron Chernow, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eAlexander Hamilton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Thomas Jefferson asserted that if there was any leader of the Revolution, \"Samuel Adams was the man.\" With high-minded ideals and bare-knuckle tactics, Adams led what could be called the greatest campaign of civil resistance in American history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Stacy Schiff returns Adams to his seat of glory, introducing us to the shrewd and eloquent man who supplied the moral backbone of the American Revolution. A singular figure at a singular moment, Adams amplified the Boston Massacre. He helped to mastermind the Boston Tea Party. He employed every tool available to rally a town, a colony, and eventually a band of colonies behind him, creating the cause that created a country. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For his efforts he became the most wanted man in America--when Paul Revere rode to Lexington in 1775, it was to warn Samuel Adams that he was about to be arrested for treason. In The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams, Schiff brings her masterful skills to Adams' improbable life, illuminating his transformation from aimless son of a well-off family to tireless, beguiling radical who mobilized the colonies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eArresting, original, and deliriously dramatic, this is a long-overdue chapter in the history of our nation.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A beautifully crafted, invaluable biography ... Schiff ingeniously connects the past to our present and future, underscoring the lessons of Adams while reclaiming our nation's self-evident truths at a moment when we seemed to have forgotten them.\" --\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOprah Daily\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2022 \u003cbr\u003e One of \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e's \"10 BEST BOOKS OF 2022\" \u003cbr\u003e One of \u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e' \"Top 5 Nonfiction Books of 2022\" \u003cbr\u003e One of \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e' \"Most Notable Books of 2022\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e And named one of the \"Best Books of 2022\" by \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOprah Daily\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e USA Today\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAir Mail\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, and more!","brand":"Little Brown and Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41926328483925,"sku":"9780316441117","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0617\/0211\/1317\/files\/imageloader_521ea8c6-aacf-4f65-8989-25ca874b754f.jpg?v=1764623936","url":"https:\/\/shopchapterbookstores.com\/products\/revolutionary-samuel-adams","provider":"Chapter One","version":"1.0","type":"link"}