Common sense and other writings
By: Thomas Paine ; edited and with an introduction by Gordon S. Wood ; notes by George W. Boudreau.
Contributors: Wood, Gordon S.
Edition: Modern Library pbk. ed.
Publisher: Modern Library
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 313
Subjects: Political science -- Early works to 1800.
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Description: Includes the complete texts of Common Sense; Rights of Man, Part the Second; The Age of Reason (part one); Four Letters on Interesting Subjects, published anonymously and just discovered to be Paine's work; and Letter to the Abbe Raynal, Paine's first examination of world events; as well as selections from The American Crises. 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.

Excerpts from the eighteenth-century firebrand's major works including "The American Crisis" and "The Age of Reason."
Table of contents: title: Common sense (1776); title: Four letters on interesting subjects (1776); title: The American crisis (1776, 1783); title: Letter to the Abbe Raynal (1782); title: Rights of man, part the second (1792); title: The Age of Reason (part one) (1794)