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Author:

Rauf, Don, author.

Title:

Thomas Paine : author of Common sense / Don Rauf.

Edition:

1st ed.

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

48 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

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

Notes:

JUL18. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

America's unsung hero -- Growing up with inequality -- Hardships as a young adult -- Early political publishing -- A fateful meeting with Benjamin Franklin -- Paine finds his voice -- A call for independence -- Times that try men's souls -- Serving a new nation -- Rights of man -- From French hero to enemy -- The age of reason -- Coming back to America -- A mind for invention -- Inspiration for workers and women -- Paine's legacy for the nation.

Series:

Spotlight on civic courage: heroes of conscience

ISBN:

1538381001
9781538381007 (lib. bdg.)

LCCN:

2017013073

Locations:

KJPF566 -- Fort Madison Public Library (Fort Madison)