Atlas of Independence: John Adams and the American Revolution

"Born of humble means outside Boston, Massachusetts, Adams's work ethic led him to become one of the colony's most successful attorneys. Yet he burned with a powerful ambition and yearned for more. Festering tension in Boston with British soldiers and taxation and trade policies provided the occasion Adams longed for, and soon he found himself at the center of the storm, thrust onto the national stage where all his "Powers" transformed him into the intellectual architect of American independence"-- Provided by publisher.