John Adams Under Fire: The Founding Father's Fight for Justice in the Boston Massacre Murder Trial
Toronto: Hanover Square Press, 2020. Hardcover. As new in dust jacket. Hardcover. 313 pp. with index. A study of one of the early and largely forgotten events in the life of the man who would become a Founding Father and the second U.S. President. On March 5, 1770, a dispute between a small group of Bostonians and a few British soldiers resulted in the civilians being fired upon and five of them being killed. The "Boston Massacre" was later called the first shots of the American Revolution. The British solder's were brought to trial but despite his devotion to the cause of the colonial, Adams was determined that they would have a fair trial and volunteed to represent them. In this work the authors draw on the trial transcript, using Adams' own words to trasport the reader to colonial Boston, a city roiling with rebellion as well as quartering the British military force. As New / as new. Item #E25158
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