Just finished reading this book and absolutely loved it. I was familiar with the biographies of most of the founding fathers but Samuel Adams was a name that appeared in fabric of the revolution but has now been cosigned to beer commercials.
How sad, what a fearless and pious humble revolutionary.
Samuel Adams was not as well known as his cousin, John Adams, nor as famous as the governor of post-revolutionary Mass., John Hancock, but he could definitely be called the catalyst of the American Revolution.
One thing that impressed me about Samuel Adams was his belief that God wanted a free people and that this nation could only remain free if it adhered to upright moral values. Here is a sample -
Luxury & Extravagance are in my opinion totally destructive of those Virtues which are necessary for the Preservation of the Liberty and Happiness of the People. Piety, Justice, Moderation, Temperance, Industry, and Frugality are absolutely necessary to preserve the advantages of liberty . . . We cannot too warmly express our gratitude to Almighty God, who hath smiled on the virtuous struggles of the United States, and crowned the conflict with so happy a conclusion, Our Independence is confirmed.
From his creation of the Mass. Constitution to his initial reluctance of the Constitution (the Federalist Papers were written partially as an answer to the arguments of Samuel Adams against a strong central government), this man served his country with all that he had. Three cheers to Samuel Adams and encouragement to all to discover who he was.
5 out of 5 stars * * * * *
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