![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He performed yeoman's service in the Continental Congress during the revolution and was a key figure in negotiating the treaty that brought peace following the long War of Independence. Indeed, few were more instrumental in making American independence a reality. The book brings to life an exciting time, an age in which Adams played an important political and intellectual role. Drawing on extensive research, Ferling depicts a reluctant revolutionary, a leader who was deeply troubled by the warfare that he helped to make, and a fiercely independent statesman. In John Adams: A Life, Ferling offers a compelling portrait of one of the giants of the Revolutionary era. The author of acclaimed histories such as A Leap into the Dark and Almost a Miracle, he has appeared on many TV and film documentaries on this pivotal period of our history. "John Ferling has nearly forty years of experience as a historian of early America. ![]()
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