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Thomas Paine : Firebrand of the Revolution.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Oxford Portraits SeriesPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2000Copyright date: ©2000Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (161 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780199761609
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Thomas PaineDDC classification:
  • 320.51/092 B
LOC classification:
  • JC178.V2 .K394 2000
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- 1 A REBELLIOUS AGE -- 2 A FREEBORN ENGLISH BOY -- 3 A YOUNG MAN'S TRAVAILS -- General of the Headstrong War -- 4 AMERICA -- The Liberty Tree," 1775 -- 5 REVOLUTIONARY WAR -- 6 PEACE -- 7 RIGHTS OF MAN -- 8 TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS -- 9 MATTERS OF JUSTICE -- Ode to a Friend -- 10 RETURN TO AMERICA -- 11 REMEMBERING PAINE -- A Legacy of Inspiration -- CHRONOLOGY -- FURTHER READING -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y.
Summary: Recounts one of the most fascinating figures of the late 18th century. Kaye skillfully describes how Paine came to America in middle age and became a radical-democratic pamphleteer, effectively turning colonial rebellion into a national liberation movement.
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Intro -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- 1 A REBELLIOUS AGE -- 2 A FREEBORN ENGLISH BOY -- 3 A YOUNG MAN'S TRAVAILS -- General of the Headstrong War -- 4 AMERICA -- The Liberty Tree," 1775 -- 5 REVOLUTIONARY WAR -- 6 PEACE -- 7 RIGHTS OF MAN -- 8 TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS -- 9 MATTERS OF JUSTICE -- Ode to a Friend -- 10 RETURN TO AMERICA -- 11 REMEMBERING PAINE -- A Legacy of Inspiration -- CHRONOLOGY -- FURTHER READING -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y.

Recounts one of the most fascinating figures of the late 18th century. Kaye skillfully describes how Paine came to America in middle age and became a radical-democratic pamphleteer, effectively turning colonial rebellion into a national liberation movement.

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