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Hello, and welcome to Ben Franklin's World Revisited, a series of classic episodes that bring fresh perspectives to our latest episodes and had deeper connections to our understanding of early American history.

And I'm your host, Liz Kovart.

This month, we commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord,

the shot heard round the world that ignited the Revolutionary War.

But before those battles, and before the revolution

became a war for independence, the revolution was a movement, a fight to secure more local control

over government. And no one worked harder to transform that movement into a revolution

than Samuel Adams. A skilled political strategist and master of revolutionary rhetoric, Samuel Adams was

instrumental in shaping colonial resistance and uniting the American colonies in opposition to

British rule. But how did he do it? How did he turn protest into a revolution? To help us investigate,

we're revisiting our conversation from episode 350 with Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Stacey Schiff, author of the revolutionary Samuel Adams.

In this episode, we'll explore what we know about Samuel Adams' life and education, how Adams made politics his career, and how he navigated both the successes and failures he experienced,

and the crucial role Samuel Adams played in transforming debates over imperial taxation into a full-fledged

revolution for independence. Samuel Adams was a revolutionary long before the shots rang out in

April 1775. So are you ready to revisit his story? Let's go get

reacquainted with Stacey Schiff. Our guest is a multiple award and Pulitzer Prize-winning author who has written six books.

Her books include The Witches, Salem, 1692, and her George Washington Book Prize and Ambassador Award-winning book, a great improvisation.

Franklin, France, and the Birth of America.

Our guest has held fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and from the National Endowment for

the Humanities. Today, she joins us to discuss her latest book, The Revolutionary, Samuel Adams.

Welcome to Ben Franklin's world, Stacey Schiff. Thank you so much, Liz.

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