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

Standiford, Les.

Desperate sons : Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, John Hancock, and the secret bands of radicals who led the colonies to war / Les Standiford. - 1st ed. - New York : Harper, c2012. - xvii, 312 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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

0061899550 (hardback) 9780061899553 (hardback)

2012019551


Revolutionaries--United States--Biography.
Revolutionaries--History--United States--18th century.


United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.

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