Desperate Sons: Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, John Hancock, and the Secret Bands of Radicals Who Led the Colonies to War - Hardcover

"This is popular history in its most vital and accessible form. Standiford has recovered the mentality of America's first group of young radicals, the Sons of Liberty, and tells their story with flair and grace."--Joseph J. Ellis, author of Pulitzer Prize winner Founding Brothers and forthcoming Revolutionary Summer

This is popular history in its most vital and accessible form. Standiford has recovered the mentality of America s first group of young radicals, the Sons of Liberty, and tells their story with flair and grace. --Joseph J. Ellis, author of Pulitzer Prize winner Founding Brothers and forthcoming Revolutionary Summer"

Exploring the role of the Sons of Liberty in the American Revolution, this riveting narrative reveals how a group of men--which included Samuel Adams, John Adams, John Hancock and Paul Revere--ignited a rebellion that gave birth to a radical political experiment--a new nation known as the United States. 35,000 first printing.