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Author:

Marrin, Albert. 84973

Title:

Thomas Paine : crusader for liberty : how one man's ideas helped form a new nation / Albert Marrin.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Alfred A. Knopf,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

165 pages : illustrations ; 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:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: the age of Paine -- Portrait of a failure -- The great American cause -- The peculiar honor of France -- The Age of Reason -- An honest and useful life.

Summary:

A portrait of the influential intellectual behind such books as "The Age of Reason" discusses his limited formal education, fervent support of American independence, and life-risking advocacy of history-shaping ideas.

ISBN:

0375966749
9780375966743
0375866744
9780375866746

OCLC:

(OCoLC)855977637

LCCN:

2013033272

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

YSPD232 -- Camanche Public Library (Camanche)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

DAPG173 -- Mason City Public Library (Mason City)

AWPD207 -- Osceola Public Library (Osceola)

NVPB663 -- Riceville Public Library (Riceville)