Propelled by the power of his pen and the clarity of his
judgment, an ambitious young provincial lawyer named John Adams
became a major figure in the American Revolution. This first of two
volumes gathering his essential writings to 1783 includes the
complete newspaper exchange between "Novanglus" (Adams) and
"Massachusettensis" (Loyalist Daniel Leonard), as well as extensive
diary excerpts and characteristically frank personal letters-many
to his "dearest friend" Abigail-that convey the excitement and
danger of the mounting crisis with Britain, from the Stamp Act
riots of 1765, to the Boston Massacre and Tea Party, to the First
Continental Congress, where Adams became a leader of the patriot
cause. A companion volume carries the story forward to the Pace
Treaty of 1783.
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