Common Sense: And the American Crisis by Thomas Paine (English) Paperback Book

Description: Common Sense by Thomas Paine Published anonymously in 1776, six months before the Declaration of Independence, this book offered was a radical and impassioned call for America to free itself and set up an independent republican government. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind. Thomas Paines Common Sense is arguably the most influential polemic in all of American history. Published anonymously in 1776, six months before the Declaration of Independence, this incendiary call for Americans to revolt against British rule converted millions to the cause of independence and set out a vision of a just society liberated from the yoke of the crown. Paines pamphlet was the first to speak directly to a mass audience - and his assertive - and often caustic - style embodied the democratic spirit he advocated.This expanded edition also features Paines The American Crisis I, the first in a series of pamphlets aimed at bolstering American morale during the Revolution. An introduction by preeminent constitutional expert Richard Beeman traces Paines origins and illuminates the significance of these writings. Notes A Penguin Classics edition of the writings that inspired American Independence, with an introduction from preeminent constitutional scholar Richard Beeman. Author Biography Thomas Paine was born in Thetford, England, in 1737, the son of a staymaker. He had little schooling and worked at a number of jobs, including tax collector, a position he lost for agitating for an increase in excisemens pay. Persuaded by Benjamin Franklin, he emigrated to America in 1774. In 1776 he began his American Crisis series of thirteen pamphlets, and also published the incalculably influential Common Sense, which established Paine not only as a truly revolutionary thinker, but as the American Revolutions fiercest political theorist. In 1787 Paine returned to Europe, where he became involved in revolutionary politics. In England his books were burned by the public hangman. Escaping to France, Paine took part in drafting the French constitution and voted against the kings execution. He was imprisoned for a year and narrowly missed execution himself. In 1802 he returned to America and lived in New York State, poor, ill and largely despised for his extremism and so-called atheism (he was in fact a deist). Thomas Paine died in 1809. His body was exhumed by William Cobbett, and the remains were taken to England for a memorial burial. Unfortunately, the remains were subsequently lost. Review "No writer has exceeded Paine in ease and familiarity of style; in perspicuity of expression, happiness of elucidation, and in simple unassuming language." --Thomas Jefferson Review Quote "No writer has exceeded Paine in ease and familiarity of sty≤ in perspicuity of expression, happiness of elucidation, and in simple unassuming language." -Thomas Jefferson Excerpt from Book Of the Origin and Design of Government in General. With Concise Remarks on the English Constitution Some writers have so confounded society with government, as to leave little or no distinction between them; whereas they are not only different, but have different origins. Society is produced by our wants, and government by our wickedness; the former promotes our happiness positively by uniting our affections, the latter negatively by restraining our vices. The one encourages intercourse, the other creates distinctions. The first is a patron, the last a punisher. Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one; for when we suffer, or are exposed to the same miseries by a government, which we might expect in a country without government, our calamities are heightened by reflecting that we furnish the means by which we suffer. Government, like dress, is the badge of lost innocence; the palaces of kings are built on the ruins of the bowers of paradise. For were the impulses of conscience clear, uniform, and irresistibly obeyed, man would need no other lawgiver; but that not being the case, he finds it necessary to surrender up a part of his property to furnish means for the protection of the rest; and this he is induced to do by the same prudence which in every other case advises him out of two evils to choose the least. Details ISBN0143107593 Author Thomas Paine Pages 128 Year 2015 ISBN-10 0143107593 ISBN-13 9780143107590 Format Paperback Birth 1737 Death 1809 Publisher Penguin Books Ltd Imprint Penguin Classics Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Short Title COMMON SENSE Language English Media Book Subtitle And the American Crisis DEWEY 973.3 Audience General/Trade Publication Date 2015-11-05 AU Release Date 2015-11-05 NZ Release Date 2015-11-05 UK Release Date 2015-11-05 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:138231692;

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