Desperate Sons: Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, John Hancock, and the Secret Bands of Radicals Who Led the Colonies to War;

€œPopular history in its most vital and accessible form. Standiford has recovered the mentality of America€s first group of young radicals, the Sons of Liberty, and tells their story with flair and grace.€
€"Joseph J. Ellis, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Founding Brothers

Les Standiford€s Last Train to Paradise, the fascinating true account of the building of a railroad €œacross the ocean€ from Miami to Key West, is already a classic of popular history. With Desperate Sons, the New York Times bestselling author of Bringing Adam Home tells the remarkable story of America€s first patriots, the Sons of Liberty, whose revolutionary acts have become legend. With all the suspense and power of a historical action thriller, Standiford€s Desperate Sons recounts the courage and tenacity of a hardy group that included Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, and John Hancock€"radical activists who were responsible for some of the most notorious events leading up to the American Revolution, from the Boston Tea Party to Paul Revere€s fabled midnight ride. Fans of David McCullough€s John Adams and 1776 will be riveted by this true history of young men inflamed by the fires of common purpose who helped a new nation to rise up against its British oppressor.