Common Sense, Hardcover
Descriere
Thomas Paine arrived in America from England in 1774. A friend of Benjamin Franklin, he was a writer of poetry and tracts condemning the slave trade. In 1775, as hostilities between Britain and the colonies intensified, Paine wrote Common Sense to encourage the colonies to break the British exploitative hold and fight for independence. The little booklet of 50 pages was published January 10, 1776 and sold a half-million copies, approximately equal to 75 million copies today.
Despre autor
Thomas Paine a fost un pamfletar, revoluționar, radicalist și intelectual. Născut în Marea Britanie, a imigrat în coloniile americane în preajma Revoluției Americane. A participat la Revoluție în principal prin pamfletul puternic și îndelung răspândit „Common Sense” (1776), apărând independența coloniilor americane față de Regatul Marii Britanii.