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A fresh new look at the Enlightenment intellectual who became the most controversial of America's founding fathersDespite 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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Thomas Paine: Enlightenment, Revolution, and the Birth of Modern Nations
September 4, 2007, Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Thomas Paine: Enlightenment, Revolution, and the Birth of the Modern Nations
September 2006, Recorded Books
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Thomas Paine: Enlightenment, Revolution, and the Birth of Modern Nations
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"JUST BEFORE DAYBREAK on or about September 25 in the year 1819, a fifty-six-year-old Englishman by the name of William Cobbett found himself twenty-two miles due north of New York City, stumbling pink-faced and ardent through the wild blackness of Westche"
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