Samuel Adams: America's Revolutionary Politician

by John K. Alexander

Book Overview

Samuel Adams: America's Revolutionary Politician offers a fresh full-life biography of the man Thomas Jefferson once described as the helmsman of the American Revolution. In his study, historian John K. Alexander uses narrative history to argue that Samuel Adams was both America's first professional politician and its first modern politician. Adams, Alexander argues, was an unwavering politician who strove to protect the people's basic rights and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 074252115X
• ISBN13: 9780742521155
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 9.0"