John Adams History tends to reward the audacious—the generals who take charge, the visionaries who bring down empires, the revolutionaries who urge upheaval in the streets. But what if the man who built America wasn’t one of them? What if instead he was a reluctant revolutionary, a man who recognized the chaos, the danger, the unexpected chutzpah of rebellion, and yet—against his better judgment—resolved to step forward? John Adams did not burn with the fervor of a firebrand. He was no Patrick Henry, thundering about liberty or death. He was no George Washington, standing tall and silent, embodying destiny itself. And he was certainly no Thomas Jefferson, effortlessly elegant in both intellect and prose. Adams was, by all accounts, pragmatic, restless, and deeply skeptical of human nature. He distrusted mobs, loathed political games, and had little patience for vanity. And yet, it was Adams—more than almost anyone else—who carried the American Revolution on his back. He did not play a role of the type that fills history volumes with larger-than-life portraits. Grab a copy of this book now!
