Bibliograph

John Adams under fire, the Founding Father's fight for justice in the Boston Massacre murder trial, Dan Abrams and David Fisher

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John Adams under fire, the Founding Father's fight for justice in the Boston Massacre murder trial, Dan Abrams and David Fisher

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-293) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

John Adams under fire

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Dan Abrams and David Fisher

Sub title

the Founding Father's fight for justice in the Boston Massacre murder trial

Summary

"The Boston Massacre has often been called the first shots of the American Revolution. As John Adams would later remember, 'On that night the formation of American independence was born.' Yet when the British soldiers faced trial, the young lawyer Adams was determined that they receive a fair one. He volunteered to represent them, keeping the peace in a powder keg of a colony, and in the process created some of the foundations of what would become United States law"--Dust jacket flap

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