Thomas Paine
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Publisher
Canterbury Classics
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Thomas Paine is one of history's most renowned thinkers and was indispensible to both the American and French revolutions. The three works included, Common Sense, The Rights of Man, and The Age of Reason, are among his most famous publications. Paine is probably best known for his hugely popular pamphlet, Common Sense, which swayed public opinion in favor of American independence from England. The Rights of Man and The Age of Reason further advocated...
Author
Series
American heritage volume no. 5
Publisher
Liberal Arts Press
Pub. Date
[1953]
Language
English
14) Common sense
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English
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In 1776, America was a hotbed of enlightenment and revolution. Thomas Paine not only spurred his fellow Americans to action but soon came to symbolize the spirit of the Revolution. His elegantly persuasive pieces spoke to the hearts and minds of those fighting for freedom. He was later outlawed in Britain, jailed in France, and finally labeled an atheist upon his return to America.
"No writer has exceeded Paine in ease and familiarity of style;...
"No writer has exceeded Paine in ease and familiarity of style;...
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Publisher
Savas Beaties
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
An easy-to-understand adaptation of Paine's revolutionary pamphlet, plus insights on colonial history, life, and culture.
The Declaration of Independence may have severed political bonds with England, but it was Thomas Paine's dynamic pamphlet, "Common Sense," that conceptualized the idea of unity and freedom months before Thomas Jefferson put pen to parchment. Paine's publication energized colonists to embark on a long and bloody war that imperiled...
17) Glenn Beck's common sense: the case against an out-of-control government, inspired by Thomas Paine
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English
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Radio host, television personality, and author Glenn Beck revisits famous patriot Thomas Paine's Common Sense to reexamine today's political arena and present a case against big government.
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"A monumental, canon-defining anthology of four centuries of American essays, from Cotton Mather and Benjamin Franklin to David Foster Wallace and Zadie Smith. Many of the essays Phillip Lopate has gathered here address themselves--sometimes critically--to American values, but even in those that don't, one can detect a subtext about being American. The Founding Fathers and early American writers self-consciously struggle to establish a recognizable...