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Desperate sons : Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, John Hancock, and the secret bands of radicals who led the colonies to war
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Desperate sons : Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, John Hancock, and the secret bands of radicals who led the colonies to war / Les Standiford.
ISBN
9780061899553 (hardback)
0061899550 (hardback)
Edition
1st ed.
Published
New York : Harper, c2012.
Physical Description
xvii, 312 p. ; 24 cm.
Summary
Explores the role of the Sons of Liberty in the American Revolution.
Format
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 09, 2013
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references 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
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.
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