TY - BOOK AU - Standiford,Les TI - Desperate sons: Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, John Hancock, and the secret bands of radicals who led the colonies to war SN - 0061899550 (hardback) PY - 2012/// CY - New York PB - Harper KW - Revolutionaries KW - United States KW - Biography KW - History KW - 18th century KW - Revolution, 1775-1783 N1 - 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 N2 - Explores the role of the Sons of Liberty in the American Revolution ER -