ABSTRACT

First published in 1927. This study explores Thomas Paine, an English-born American philosopher, activist, political theorist and revolutionary. The author examines Paine’s important aspects of Paine’s life, including his migration to the British Colonies, his participation in the American Revolution, and his imprisonment in Paris. This title will be of great interest to historians and those studying philosophy and politics.

chapter Chapter I|30 pages

A Rebel in the Making

chapter Chapter II|20 pages

An Emigrant Religion

chapter Chapter III|24 pages

The Birthday of a New World

chapter Chapter IV|29 pages

Hanging Together

chapter Chapter V|23 pages

Paine Is Made Propaganda General

chapter Chapter VI|16 pages

Quaker Against Quaker

chapter Chapter VII|17 pages

The Franco-American Graft Scandal

chapter Chapter VIII|25 pages

What It Cost

chapter Chapter IX|28 pages

Standing Before Kings

chapter Chapter X|26 pages

The Songs of Zion

chapter Chapter XI|26 pages

The Duel With Burke

chapter Chapter XII|20 pages

Emancipating The World

chapter Chapter XIII|20 pages

A Yankee Tory in Paris

chapter Chapter XIV|15 pages

The Age of Unreason

chapter Chapter XV|23 pages

A Tangled Nationality

chapter Chapter XVI|19 pages

In The Name of America

chapter Chapter XVII|28 pages

Despised and Rejected

chapter Chapter XVIII|17 pages

The Unquiet Grave