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First Fifty Pages

A Hero in Trouble: An Interview with Stacy Schiff

By Kelsey Patterson,

Jenn Delperdang

Published November 8, 2022 at 2:13 AM CST

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The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams by Stacy Schiff — The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Stacy Schiff joins Jenn and Kelsey in this episode of The First Fifty Pages to discuss her revelatory new biography about arguably our nation's most essential Founding Father, The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams.

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