The Revolutionary Samuel Adams with Stacy Schiff

The Preamble

Sharon McMahon

Government, History, Storytelling, Education

4.9 • 15.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 January 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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On today’s episode of Here’s Where It Gets Interesting, Sharon talks with Pulitzer Prize winning author Stacy Schiff about her masterful bestseller, The Revolutionary Samuel Adams. These days, we think of Sam Adams as a face on a beer bottle, but how much do we know about his role in bringing revolution to Colonial America? As Stacy puts it, Adams was playing chess while Britain was playing checkers; he was always hustling, always fervent in the fight for independence. Tune in to hear Stacy bring the Revolutionary hero to life.

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0:00.0	Hello friends, welcome, delighted to have you with me, and I'm even more delighted to be
0:10.2	chatting today with author Stacey Schiff.
0:14.3	If you have not read the Revolutionary Samuel Adams, which is taking the country by storm,
0:21.3	you'd have to choose a huge bestseller on every single bestseller list on all of the best books of 2022 lists from coast to coast.
0:32.0	You're missing out.
0:33.6	And I think you are absolutely going to love hearing more about Samuel Adams in this conversation, more about the American Revolution, and also more about what does it take to write a book of this magnitude.
0:44.4	So let's start it.
0:46.2	I'm Sharon McNabb.
0:48.8	And here's where it gets interesting.
0:52.2	I am absolutely thrilled.
0:53.9	It gives me a thrill to see your book, the Revolutionary Samuel Adams, performing so well.
1:01.3	I love it for you.
1:02.7	Thank you so much.
1:05.4	And I love it for America.
1:07.2	I love it for all of us.
1:08.6	I love it for all of us that Americans are so interested in this time period in history.
1:13.9	It's an important time period in history that they're interested in Samuel Adams, who for most American history has been relegated to a beer bottle.
1:24.3	I love it.
1:24.9	I love it for all of us.
1:26.0	OK, I have to ask first off, why?
1:30.3	Why Samuel Adams?
1:32.4	A couple of things came together.
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