Thomas Paine and the Promise of America
A History & Biography
Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States, Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), Biography & Memoir, Historical
| Author: | Harvey J. Kaye | ISBN: | 9780374707064 |
| Publisher: | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | Publication: | April 15, 2007 |
| Imprint: | Hill and Wang | Language: | English |
| Author: | Harvey J. Kaye |
| ISBN: | 9780374707064 |
| Publisher: | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
| Publication: | April 15, 2007 |
| Imprint: | Hill and Wang |
| Language: | English |
Thomas Paine was one of the most remarkable political writers of the modern world and the greatest radical of a radical age. Through writings like Common Sense—and words such as "The sun never shined on a cause of greater worth," "We have it in our power to begin the world over again," and "These are the times that try men's souls"—he not only turned America's colonial rebellion into a revolutionary war but, as Harvey J. Kaye demonstrates, articulated an American identity charged with exceptional purpose and promise.
Thomas Paine was one of the most remarkable political writers of the modern world and the greatest radical of a radical age. Through writings like Common Sense—and words such as "The sun never shined on a cause of greater worth," "We have it in our power to begin the world over again," and "These are the times that try men's souls"—he not only turned America's colonial rebellion into a revolutionary war but, as Harvey J. Kaye demonstrates, articulated an American identity charged with exceptional purpose and promise.
