The Old Revolutionaries: Political Lives in the Age of Samuel Adams

“[An] illuminating ‘collective biography’…. Vivid insights into these revolutionaries’ lives and time.” —Publishers Weekly The “old revolutionaries” were Samuel Adams, Isaac Sears, Thomas Young, Richard Henry Lee, and Charles Carroll, five men of widely varying backgrounds who played significant roles in the American Revolution. What motivations brought these different men together and made them decide to join the movement for Independence? In telling their stories, Pauline Maier explores t...