Common Sense: The Revolutionary Pamphlet That Made Independence Inevitable - Softcover

Paine, Thomas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1604591315 ISBN 13: 9781604591316

Publisher: Wilder Publications, 2009

Synopsis

In January of 1776, Thomas Paine published Common Sense; the book inflamed its readers and ignited the American Revolution. In truth the fires of dissent were already smoldering, but Paine's impassioned writing gave focus to the many disparate voices and united a country. One cannot over estimate the importance of this book in shaping the destiny of United States of America, as it was here that our constitutional form of government was first suggested.

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About the Author

Thomas Paine was an English-born political writer, revolutionary pamphleteer, and advocate of republican government whose words helped shape the American Revolution and later echoed through democratic and radical movements on both sides of the Atlantic. Born in Thetford, England, in 1737, Paine emigrated to America in 1774 with the encouragement of Benjamin Franklin. Within little more than a year, he produced Common Sense, the pamphlet that made him one of the most important public voices for American independence.Paine's writing was powerful because it combined political theory with direct popular appeal. He rejected monarchy, hereditary privilege, and political submission in language ordinary readers could understand and repeat. His later works included The American Crisis, which helped sustain revolutionary morale, Rights of Man, written in defense of the French Revolution and democratic reform, and The Age of Reason, a controversial critique of organized religion from a Deist perspective. Paine remains a central figure in the history of liberty, republicanism, democratic thought, revolutionary politics, and the literature of political persuasion.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wilder Publications
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1604591315
• ISBN 13: 9781604591316
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 52