Thomas Paine: Enlightenment, Revolution, and the Birth of Modern NationsA fresh new look at the Enlightenment intellectual who became the most controversial of America's founding fathers Despite his being a founder of both the United States and the French Republic, the creator of the phrase "United States of America," and the author of Common Sense, Thomas Paine is the least well known of America's founding fathers. This edifying biography by Craig Nelson traces Paine's path from his years as a London mechanic, through his emergence as the voice of revolutionary fervor on two continents, to his final days in the throes of dementia. By acquainting us as never before with this complex and combative genius, Nelson rescues a giant from obscurity-and gives us a fascinating work of history. |
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... Franklin - William Cobbett had pursued a significant range of trades over the course of one lifetime . Sol- dier , publisher , Tory , radical , Commons deputy , essayist , and Long Island farmer ( who loathed the potato but championed ...
... Franklin - William Cobbett had pursued a significant range of trades over the course of one lifetime . Sol- dier , publisher , Tory , radical , Commons deputy , essayist , and Long Island farmer ( who loathed the potato but championed ...
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... Franklin " a whore - master , a hypocrite and an infidel . " His cantankerous and rabidly pro - British , pro- Federalist Porcupine's Gazette quickly became North America's most widely read periodical . In 1797 he referred to ...
... Franklin " a whore - master , a hypocrite and an infidel . " His cantankerous and rabidly pro - British , pro- Federalist Porcupine's Gazette quickly became North America's most widely read periodical . In 1797 he referred to ...
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... Franklin , George Washington , Thomas Jefferson , Ben- jamin Rush , James Monroe , Georges - Jacques Danton , Jacques - Pierre Brissot , Antoine - Nicolas de Condorcet , William Blake , Joseph Priestley , Richard Price , William Godwin ...
... Franklin , George Washington , Thomas Jefferson , Ben- jamin Rush , James Monroe , Georges - Jacques Danton , Jacques - Pierre Brissot , Antoine - Nicolas de Condorcet , William Blake , Joseph Priestley , Richard Price , William Godwin ...
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Contents
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Pragmatic Utopians | 51 |
Hell Is Not Easily Conquered | 101 |
The Silas Deane Affair | 126 |
The Missionary Bereft of His Mission | 146 |
Droits de lHomme ou Droits du Seigneur? | 181 |
The Sovereigns Among Us | 235 |
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