Samuel Adams: Radical Puritan (Library of American Biography Series) [Paperback]

William Fowler (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 17, 1997 | ISBN-10: 0673992934 | ISBN-13: 978-0673992932 | Edition: 1

Brief, paperback biography that discusses former U.S. president Samuel Adams.

Product Details

• Paperback: 179 pages
• Publisher: Longman; 1 edition (January 17, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0673992934
• ISBN-13: 978-0673992932
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,062,407 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A good factual account but not the spirit ..., July 8, 2000

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This review is from: Samuel Adams: Radical Puritan (Library of American Biography Series) (Paperback)

Samuel Adams: Radical Puritan recounts the major events in it's subject's life, but doesn't leave you with a feeling about the essence of the man. Sam Adams does not speak for himself enough via quotes from his own writings. The coverage of the Sons of Liberty is reduced to 13 superficial pages. It does provide a glimpse of an old revolutionary not changing with the times after the war has been won. But it is not the full color portrait of a life like that Van Doren has provided for Benjamin Franklin.

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars very interesting, May 22, 2010

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This review is from: Samuel Adams: Radical Puritan (Library of American Biography Series) (Paperback)

I had to read this book for a history 101 class. I enjoyed reading it. It is very interesting.

6 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Samuel Adams Is Here to Stay?(In History Of-course!), April 18, 2001

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Cindy E. Gonzalez (L.A,C.A USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Samuel Adams: Radical Puritan (Library of American Biography Series) (Paperback)

Here it goes!You are about to read and comprehend a facinating book.That is the book of the world that Samuel Adams had and belive me this book is so great that I have already read it 30 times.I love it so much that when my friends have a BIG essay and help them study about Samuel Adams and they read it and this is their exppressions,"Wow! Girl friend,Why you didn't tell me of this incredible book. All of my entire family have read this incredible novel.this same expression came on their face. Radical Puritan by Lillan M.Fowler, William M. JR. Fowler, Oscar Handlin,is a novel of Samuel Adam's life.This novel tell from how he became an original born baby to a very onorable man. Samuel Adam was born in Boston,Massachusetts on September 27,1722. He was a leader of the fight against British colonial rule,and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Adams was a cousin o John Adams who became President of the Unted States.

Samuel Adams graduated from Harvard College with a Master of Arts degree in 1743.After college he entered private business,and throght out this period was an outspoken