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American rebels : how the Hancock, Adams, and Quincy families fanned the flames of revolution /

Nina Sankovitch's American Rebels explores, for the first time, the intertwined lives of the Hancock, Quincy and Adams families, and the role each person played in sparking the American Revolution. Before they were central figures in American history, John Hancock, John Adams, Josiah Quincy Jun...

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Main Author:	Sankovitch, Nina (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : St. Martin's Press, [2020].
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Hancock family. Adams family. Quincy family. Braintree (Mass.) > History. Revolutionaries > Massachusetts > History > 18th century. Revolutionaries > Massachusetts > Biography. United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783. Braintree (Mass.) > Biography. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical. HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) HISTORY / United States / State & Local / New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)

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