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.
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.