Thomas Paine's Common Sense: Addressed to the Inhabitants of America, on the Following Interesting Subjects (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780984203703)

First published anonymously on January 10, 1776, during the American Revolution; Common Sense was signed "Written by an Englishman", and the pamphlet became an immediate success. In relation to the population of the Colonies at that time, it had the largest sale and circulation of any book in American history. Common Sense presented the American colonists with a powerful argument for independence from British rule at a time when the question of independence was still undecided. Paine wrote and reasoned in a style that common people understood; forgoing the philosophy and Latin references used by Enlightenment era writers, Paine structured Common Sense like a sermon and relied on Biblical references to make his case to the people. Historian Gordon S. Wood described Common Sense as, "the most incendiary and popular pamphlet of the entire revolutionary era."

Author: Darryl W. Perry, Thomas Paine
ISBN-10: 0984203702
ISBN-13: 9780984203703
Publisher: Free Patriot Press
Language: English
Published: 08/22/2009
Pages: 74
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.21lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.18d