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100 1 _aNelson, Craig,
_d1955-
245 1 0 _aThomas Paine :
_benlightenment, revolution, and the birth of modern nations /
_cCraig Nelson.
260 _aNew York :
_bViking,
_cc2006.
300 _a396 p., [16] p. of plates :
_bill., ports. ;
_c25 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [365]-376) and index.
520 _aDespite 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.
505 0 _aThe 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.
600 1 0 _aPaine, Thomas,
_d1737-1809.
650 0 _aPolitical scientists
_zUnited States
_vBiography.
650 0 _aRevolutionaries
_zUnited States
_vBiography.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xHistory
_yRevolution, 1775-1783.
600 1 6 _aPaine, Thomas,
_d1737-1809.
650 6 _aPolitologues
_zâEtats-Unis
_vBiographies.
650 6 _aRâevolutionnaires
_zâEtats-Unis
_vBiographies.
651 6 _aâEtats-Unis
_xHistoire
_y1775-1783 (Râevolution)
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