Samuel Adams: Father of the American Revolution

Samuel Adams remains largely overlooked among the founding fathers, yet his role was essential to the American Revolution's occurrence. He excelled at organizing civil protests and political strategies that became defining features of American politics, and he maneuvered Britain into military actions that ultimately caused an irreversible imperial split. Throughout his political career, Adams engaged with the major questions shaping America's path to nationhood, including taxation without representation and the Declaration of Independence. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and John Adams all recognized that they built the nation on foundations he established. This biography presents Adams's story and establishes his significance in American history. The book won the 2007 Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award.