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• catalog abstract ""He was a rich, powerful aristocrat, a merchant king who loved English culture and fashion, and, above all, he was a loyal British subject with ambitions of a lordship and a grand retirement estate in England. There simply was no doubt about it: John Hancock was the least likely man in Boston to start a rebellion. How, then, did this Tory patrician become one of the staunchest supporters of the American Revolution?" "As Unger reveals in this portrait, Hancock was one of the most paradoxical figures of his time. Arguably the wealthiest man in the American colonies, he unabashedly reveled in his riches, adoring all the foppish trappings he could buy. But his commitment to individual liberty eventually transformed him into a fervent revolutionary, venerated equally by his establishment peers at Harvard as he was by the rebels - the Minutemen who did the fighting and the Boston street mobs who declared him their hero even as they burned the homes of other aristocrats. To repay their respect, he sacrificed his fortune and risked death by hanging to win independence from the British. A brilliant orator, he combined his wealth and political skills to unite Boston's merchant and working classes into an armed might that forced Britain's vaunted professional army to evacuate Boston, assuring the success of the Revolution." "Here is the story of the man with the most recognizable signature in American history. Intertwining Hancock's story with that of the colorful Samuel Adams, his fellow Bostonian (and Harvard man) who was both comrade in arms and political enemy, Unger etches a finely drawn portrait of one of the Revolutionary War's greatest - and possibly least known - leaders."--Jacket.".
• catalog contributor b11600666.
• catalog coverage "Massachusetts Politics and government 1775-1783.".
• catalog coverage "United States Politics and government 1775-1783.".
• catalog created "c2000.".
• catalog date "2000".
• catalog date "c2000.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
• catalog description ""As Unger reveals in this portrait, Hancock was one of the most paradoxical figures of his time. Arguably the wealthiest man in the American colonies, he unabashedly reveled in his riches, adoring all the foppish trappings he could buy. But his commitment to individual liberty eventually transformed him into a fervent revolutionary, venerated equally by his establishment peers at Harvard as he was by the rebels - the Minutemen who did the fighting and the Boston street mobs who declared him their hero even as they burned the homes of other aristocrats. To repay their respect, he sacrificed his fortune and risked death by hanging to win independence from the British.".
• catalog description ""He was a rich, powerful aristocrat, a merchant king who loved English culture and fashion, and, above all, he was a loyal British subject with ambitions of a lordship and a grand retirement estate in England. There simply was no doubt about it: John Hancock was the least likely man in Boston to start a rebellion. How, then, did this Tory patrician become one of the staunchest supporters of the American Revolution?"".
• catalog description "A brilliant orator, he combined his wealth and political skills to unite Boston's merchant and working classes into an armed might that forced Britain's vaunted professional army to evacuate Boston, assuring the success of the Revolution." "Here is the story of the man with the most recognizable signature in American history. Intertwining Hancock's story with that of the colorful Samuel Adams, his fellow Bostonian (and Harvard man) who was both comrade in arms and political enemy, Unger etches a finely drawn portrait of one of the Revolutionary War's greatest - and possibly least known - leaders."--Jacket.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-363) and index.".
• catalog description "The boy on beacon hill (1737-1750) -- The merchant king (1724-1750) -- The merchant prince (1750-1764) -- Of stamps and taxes (1764-1765) -- "Mad rant and porterly reviling" (1765) -- A hero by circumstance (1765-1768) -- "Idol of the mob" (1768-1770) -- "Tea in a trice" (1770-1773) -- High treason (1774-1775) -- President of Congress (1775-1776) -- Founding father (1776) -- President of the United States (1776-1777) -- A model major general (1777-1780) -- His excellency the governor (1780-1785) -- Hancock! Hancock! Even to the end (1785-1793) -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Selected bibliography of principal sources -- Index.".
• catalog extent "xvi, 383 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "John Hancock.".
• catalog identifier "0471332097 (alk. paper)".
• catalog isFormatOf "John Hancock.".
• catalog issued "2000".
• catalog issued "c2000.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New York : John Wiley & Sons,".
• catalog relation "John Hancock.".
• catalog spatial "Massachusetts Politics and government 1775-1783.".
• catalog spatial "United States Politics and government 1775-1783.".
• catalog spatial "United States".
• catalog subject "973.3/092 21".
• catalog subject "E302.6.H23 U53 2000".
• catalog subject "Hancock, John, 1737-1793.".
• catalog subject "Statesmen United States Biography.".
• catalog subject "United States. Continental Congress Presidents Biography.".
• catalog subject "United States. Declaration of Independence Signers Biography.".
• catalog tableOfContents "The boy on beacon hill (1737-1750) -- The merchant king (1724-1750) -- The merchant prince (1750-1764) -- Of stamps and taxes (1764-1765) -- "Mad rant and porterly reviling" (1765) -- A hero by circumstance (1765-1768) -- "Idol of the mob" (1768-1770) -- "Tea in a trice" (1770-1773) -- High treason (1774-1775) -- President of Congress (1775-1776) -- Founding father (1776) -- President of the United States (1776-1777) -- A model major general (1777-1780) -- His excellency the governor (1780-1785) -- Hancock! Hancock! Even to the end (1785-1793) -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Selected bibliography of principal sources -- Index.".
• catalog title "John Hancock : merchant king and American patriot / Harlow Giles Unger.".
• catalog type "text".