Thomas Paine and the Promise of America
Publisher: Hill and Wang
Published: July 25, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780809093441
Subjects: U.S. History - Revolution And Confederation (1775-1789); Political History; Biography And Autobiography; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography; United States - 18th Century; Revolutionary; Historical - U.S; History / Revolutionary; Historical - General; 1737-1809; History; Influence; Paine, Thomas,; Political culture; Politics and government; United States
First sentence: On January 10, 1776, Common Sense, an unsigned forty-seven-page pamphlet, appeared in Philadelphia and redefined what the American colonists were fighting for.