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Author:

Nelson, Craig, 1955-

Title:

Thomas Paine : enlightenment, revolution, and the birth of modern nations / Craig Nelson.

Publisher:

Viking,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

396 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Paine, Thomas,--1737-1809.
Political scientists--United States--Biography.
Revolutionaries--United States--Biography.
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [365]-376) and index.

Contents:

The mission of atonement -- Begotten by a wild boar on a bitch wolf -- Pragmatic utopians -- Hell is not easily conquered -- The Silas Deane affair -- The missionary bereft of his mission -- Droits de l'homme, or droits du seigneur? -- The sovereigns among us -- The religion of science -- The perfidious Mr. Morris -- Utopian dissolves -- Provenance.

Summary:

Despite 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 three of the biggest bestsellers of the eighteenth century, Thomas Paine is perhaps the least well known--and the most controversial--of the American founding fathers. Author Nelson's portrait brings him to life against the backdrop of the Revolutionary era and the intellectual exhilaration of the Age of Enlightenment. Nelson traces Paine's path from his years as a struggling London mechanic to his journey to seek his fortune in the New World; from his early career as a crusading pamphleteer to his emergence as the heroic voice of revolutionary fervor on two continents; from his escape from execution in Paris during The Terror to his final years in America, where the once-lionized patriot spent his final days impoverished and in dementia.--From publisher description.

ISBN:

9780670037889
0670037885

OCLC:

(OCoLC)69594051

LCCN:

2006042175

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Des Moines)

UTAX314 -- Emmaus Bible College Library (Dubuque)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GUPF501 -- Newton Public Library (Newton)

OTAX626 -- Wilcox Library (Oskaloosa)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)