Stacy Schiff's Samuel Adams Bio and Pop History's Recoil from Drama

Curioser and curioser . . .

Because this post is partly about the 18th century, it might have come as welcome relief from the 2022 midterm elections, if it didn’t involve one of our founders, Samuel Adams, doing his best to overturn an election. Those who know my book Declaration (Simon & Schuster, 2010) may recall some of that story’s gory details, but I’m bringing it up here to …