Common Sense (Dover Thrift Editions)

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Description: Amazon.com Review "These are the times that try men's souls," begins Thomas Paine's first Crisis paper, the impassioned pamphlet that helped ignite the American Revolution. Published in Philadelphia in January of 1776, Common Sense sold 150,000 copies almost immediately. A powerful piece of propaganda, it attacked the idea of a hereditary monarchy, dismissed the chance for reconciliation with England, and outlined the economic benefits of independence while espousing equality of rights among citizens. Paine fanned a flame that was already burning, but many historians argue that his work unified dissenting voices and pe ... (more)

Manufacturer: Dover Publications
Release date: 22 April 1997
ISBN-10 : 0486296024 | ISBN-13: 9780486296029

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