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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... Paine “Craig Nelson's lovely new biography provides cogent reasons why the man who wrote Common Sense has often been neglected by the cheerleaders for the American Revolution. What Nelson does ... THOMAS PAINE Craig Nelson is the author of.
... Paine “Craig Nelson's lovely new biography provides cogent reasons why the man who wrote Common Sense has often been neglected by the cheerleaders for the American Revolution. What Nelson does ... THOMAS PAINE Craig Nelson is the author of.
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... Thomas Paine would be pleased with this brisk , intellectually sophisticated study of his life . " -Publishers Weekly " With a storyteller's gift for the dramatic , Nelson begins with the furtive dig- ging up of Paine's body in a remote ...
... Thomas Paine would be pleased with this brisk , intellectually sophisticated study of his life . " -Publishers Weekly " With a storyteller's gift for the dramatic , Nelson begins with the furtive dig- ging up of Paine's body in a remote ...
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... Thomas Paine's life William Cobbett had been one of his most public and brutal foes , using Porcupine's Gazette to at- tack him on issue after issue . " How Tom gets a living now , or what brothel he inhabits , I know not , " he wrote ...
... Thomas Paine's life William Cobbett had been one of his most public and brutal foes , using Porcupine's Gazette to at- tack him on issue after issue . " How Tom gets a living now , or what brothel he inhabits , I know not , " he wrote ...
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... the people of England will . " Cobbett had decided that he would exhume the decade - old corpse of Thomas Paine from his long - forgotten grave on deserted New Rochelle farmland . He would then sail with it to London 6 THOMAS PAINE.
... the people of England will . " Cobbett had decided that he would exhume the decade - old corpse of Thomas Paine from his long - forgotten grave on deserted New Rochelle farmland . He would then sail with it to London 6 THOMAS PAINE.
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... Thomas Paine . " ( Apparently he had decided not to continue on to London with the stone , as James Dow revealed in a letter to a progressive New York periodical , The Truth - Seeker , on August 8 , 1909 : " Since October 1819 , the [ Paine ] ...
... Thomas Paine . " ( Apparently he had decided not to continue on to London with the stone , as James Dow revealed in a letter to a progressive New York periodical , The Truth - Seeker , on August 8 , 1909 : " Since October 1819 , the [ Paine ] ...
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 |
The Religion of Science | 260 |
The Perfidious Mr Morris | 273 |
Utopian Dissolves | 305 |
Provenance | 326 |
Notes | 341 |
Sources | 365 |
Index | 377 |
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