{"product_id":"9781598534337","title":"Common Sense, the Crisis, \u0026 Other Writings from the American Revolution: (Library of America Paperback Classic)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow in paperback, Paine's essential American writings in authoritative Library of America texts:\u003c\/b\u003e After a life of obscurity and failure in England, Thomas Paine came to America in 1774 at age 37. Within fourteen months he published \u003ci\u003eCommon Sense\u003c\/i\u003e, the most influential pamphlet of the American Revolution, and began a career that would see him hailed and reviled in the American nation he helped create. In \u003ci\u003eCommon Sense\u003c\/i\u003e, Paine sets forth an inspiring vision of an independent America as an asylum for freedom and an example of popular self-government in a world oppressed by despotism and hereditary privilege. \u003ci\u003eThe American Crisis\u003c\/i\u003e, begun during “the times that try men’s souls” in 1776, is a masterpiece of popular pamphleteering in which Paine vividly reports current developments, taunts and ridicules British adversaries, and enjoins his readers to remember the immense stakes of their struggle. They are joined in this invaluable reader by a selection of Paine’s other American pamphlets and his letters to George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and others.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of America","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47059799245040,"sku":"9781598534337","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781598534337_p0.jpg?v=1763824895","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781598534337","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}