Desperate sons : Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, John Hancock, and the secret bands of radicals who led the colonies to war
(2012)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
973.3/STANDIFORD,L

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Adult Nonfiction 973.3/STANDIFORD,L Available

Details

PUBLISHED
New York : Harper, [2012]
©2012
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION

xvii, 312 pages ; 24 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9780061899553 (hardback), 0061899550 (hardback)
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

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

Explores the role of the Sons of Liberty in the American Revolution