TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nelson,Craig
TI  - Thomas Paine: enlightenment, revolution, and the birth of modern nations 
SN  - 0670037885
AV  - JC178.V5 N338 2006
U1  - 320.51092B 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - New York
PB  - Viking
KW  - Paine, Thomas,
KW  - Political scientists
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - Revolutionaries
KW  - Politologues
KW  - âEtats-Unis
KW  - Biographies
KW  - Râevolutionnaires
KW  - History
KW  - Revolution, 1775-1783
KW  - Histoire
KW  - 1775-1783 (Râevolution)
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [365]-376) and index; 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
N2  - 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
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