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Samuel adams father of the american revolution by mark. Father of the american revolution view larger image. See all books authored by mark puls, including henry knox. Elizabeth renker is associate professor of english at the ohio state university. Puls has worked as a journalist for the detroit news. Samuel adams by mark puls overdrive rakuten overdrive.

Former detroit news reporter puls acknowledges that adamss work was hampered by his destruction of correspondence and private papers crucial to any. The father of american independence, new york, clarion books, 1998. The massachusettsborn, harvardeducated adams began. Acknowledgments timeline of the life of samuel adams who is who in samuel adams.

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