Harlow G Unger
Author
Publisher
Da Capo Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xvii, 315 pages : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Thomas Paine's words were like no others in history: they leaped off the page, inspiring readers to change their lives, their governments, their kings, and even their gods. In an age when spoken and written words were the only forms of communication, Paine's aroused men to action like no one else. The most widely read political writer of his generation, he proved to be more than a century ahead of his time, conceiving and demanding unheard-of social...