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Common Sense
  • Published: 11 February 2003
  • ISBN: 9780375760112
  • Imprint: Random House US Group
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 352
  • RRP: $32.99

Common Sense

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You've had The Big Read, now here comes The Big Think.

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 Abbé 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.
  • Published: 11 February 2003
  • ISBN: 9780375760112
  • Imprint: Random House US Group
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 352
  • RRP: $32.99
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Gordon S. Wood

Gordon S. Wood was the Alva O. Way University Professor and professor of history emeritus at Brown University. His 1969 book, The Creation of the American Republic, 1776–1787, received the Bancroft and John H. Dunning prizes and was nominated for the National Book Award. Wood’s 1992 book, The Radicalism of the American Revolution, won the Pulitzer Prize and the Emerson Prize. His 2009 book, Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789–1815, won the New-York Historical Society American History Book Prize. In 2010, Wood was awarded a National Humanities Medal by President Obama.
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