Stacy Schiff | The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams

Recorded October 26, 2022
In conversation with award-winning journalist and broadcaster Tracey Matisak
Acclaimed for her “balanced, perceptive, thoroughly researched and exceptionally well written” (The New Yorker) nonfiction portraits of historical figures, Stacy Schiff won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for her biography Vera (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov), a narrative of the 52-year marriage of the legendary writer and his even more vivid wife. She is also the author of A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America; the Pulitzer Prize finalist Saint-Exupéry; Cleopatra: A Life; and The Witches: Salem, 1692. Her other honors include fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Schiff’s latest book examines Samuel Adams’ transformation from the idle son of a wealthy U.S. colonial family to one of the Revolutionary War’s significant firebrands.
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[@DaveC01473]

It was fascinating to watch this after having read the book! Thank you for posting this!

[@robertmueller2023]

W: The first President was named George, and the last President was named George.

[@normanhuefner9048]

I read your book, a great read, informative and very interesting. Boy, was Sam a switch after reading Hamilton!

[@tomnohmy1273]

What's the fee to get in?

[@Taino300]

Stacy has the same accent and same word inflexions as Simon Sinek. Are they family related?

[@robertmueller2023]

Counter-revolutionary? After which he installed the new Adams dynasty?