Thomas Paine And The Dangerous Word

Author : Sarah Jane Marsh
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2018-05-04
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781368022514

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Thomas Paine and the Dangerous Word by Sarah Jane Marsh Pdf

"The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark." As an English corset-maker's son, Thomas Paine was expected to spend his life sewing women's underwear. But as a teenager, Thomas dared to change his destiny, enduring years of struggle until a meeting with Benjamin Franklin brought Thomas to America in 1774-and into the American Revolution. Within fourteen months, Thomas would unleash the persuasive power of the written word in Common Sense-a brash wake-up call that rallied the American people to declare independence against the mightiest empire in the world. This fascinating and extensively researched biography, based on numerous primary sources, will immerse readers in Thomas Paine's inspiring journey of courage, failure, and resilience that led a penniless immigrant to change the world with his words.

Author : Sarah Jane Marsh
Publisher : Disney-Hyperion
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2020-03-24
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1368026834

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Most Wanted by Sarah Jane Marsh Pdf

John Hancock and Samuel Adams were an unlikely pair of troublemakers. Hancock was young and dashing. Adams was old and stodgy. But working together, they rallied the people of Boston against the unfair policies of Great Britain and inspired American resistance. And to King George, they became a royal pain. When the British army began marching toward Lexington and Concord, sending Hancock and Adams fleeing into the woods, the two men couldn't help but worry--this time, had they gone too far? Rich with historical detail and primary sources, this spirited tale takes readers through ten years of taxes and tea-tossing, tyranny and town hall meetings. The team behind Thomas Paine and the Dangerous Word reunites for a lively look at the origins of the American Revolution told through the powerful partnership of two legendary founders.

Author : Thomas Paine
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1791
Category : Monarchy
ISBN : BSB:BSB11430335

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Common Sense by Thomas Paine Pdf

Author : Nicole Helget
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2015-04-14
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780316245098

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Wonder at the Edge of the World by Nicole Helget Pdf

In this captivating quest that spans the globe, a young girl who wants to know everything challenges her assumptions about family, loyalty, and friendship as she fights to save her father's legacy--and to begin creating her own. Hallelujah Wonder wants to become one of the first female scientists of the nineteenth century. She knows every specimen and rare artifact that her explorer father hid deep in a cave before he died, and she feels a great responsibility to protect the objects (particularly a mesmerizing and dangerous one called Medicine Head) from a wicked Navy captain who would use it for evil. Now she and her friend Eustace, a runaway slave, must set out on a sweeping adventure by land and by sea to the only place where no one will ever find the cursed relic.... In this captivating quest that spans the globe, a young girl who wants to know everything challenges her assumptions about family, loyalty, and friendship as she fights to save her father's legacy--and to begin creating her own.

Author : Steven Nadler
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2011-10-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691139890

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A Book Forged in Hell by Steven Nadler Pdf

When it appeared in 1670, Baruch Spinoza's Theological-Political Treatise was denounced as the most dangerous book ever published. Religious and secular authorities saw it as a threat to faith, social and political harmony, and everyday morality, and its author was almost universally regarded as a religious subversive and political radical who sought to spread atheism throughout Europe. Steven Nadler tells the story of this book: its radical claims and their background in the philosophical, religious, and political tensions of the Dutch Golden Age, as well as the vitriolic reaction these ideas inspired. A vivid story of incendiary ideas and vicious backlash, A Book Forged in Hell will interest anyone who is curious about the origin of some of our most cherished modern beliefs--Jacket p. [2].

Author : Yuval Levin
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2013-12-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780465040940

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The Great Debate by Yuval Levin Pdf

An acclaimed portrait of Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, and the origins of modern conservatism and liberalism In The Great Debate, Yuval Levin explores the roots of the left/right political divide in America by examining the views of the men who best represented each side at its origin: Edmund Burke and Thomas Paine. Striving to forge a new political path in the tumultuous age of the American and French revolutions, these two ideological titans sparred over moral and philosophical questions about the nature of political life and the best approach to social change: radical and swift, or gradual and incremental. The division they articulated continues to shape our political life today. Essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the basis of our political order and Washington's acrimonious rifts today, The Great Debate offers a profound examination of what conservatism, progressivism, and the debate between them truly amount to.

Author : Laurie Halse Anderson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2010-01-05
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781416905868

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Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson Pdf

If an entire nation could seek its freedom, why not a girl? As the Revolutionary War begins, thirteen-year-old Isabel wages her own fight...for freedom. Promised freedom upon the death of their owner, she and her sister, Ruth, in a cruel twist of fate become the property of a malicious New York City couple, the Locktons, who have no sympathy for the American Revolution and even less for Ruth and Isabel. When Isabel meets Curzon, a slave with ties to the Patriots, he encourages her to spy on her owners, who know details of British plans for invasion. She is reluctant at first, but when the unthinkable happens to Ruth, Isabel realizes her loyalty is available to the bidder who can provide her with freedom. From acclaimed author Laurie Halse Anderson comes this compelling, impeccably researched novel that shows the lengths we can go to cast off our chains, both physical and spiritual.

Author : Owen Anderson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-18
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781316404645

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The Declaration of Independence and God by Owen Anderson Pdf

'Self-evident truths' was a profound concept used by the drafters of the American Declaration of Independence to insist on their rights and freedom from oppressive government. How did this Enlightenment notion of self-evident human rights come to be used in this historic document and what is its true meaning? In The Declaration of Independence and God, Owen Anderson traces the concept of a self-evident creator through America's legal history. Starting from the Declaration of Independence, Anderson considers both challenges to belief in God from thinkers like Thomas Paine and American Darwinists, as well as modifications to the concept of God by theologians like Charles Finney and Paul Tillich. Combining history, philosophy and law in a unique focus, this book opens exciting new avenues for the study of America's legal history.

Author : Thomas Paine
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 690 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1945
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105002464126

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The Complete Writings of Thomas Paine by Thomas Paine Pdf

The writings of Thomas Paine helped shape the American nation and left their imprint on democratic thought all over the world. This two-volume set represents an attempt to make these writings available to both the general reader and the student. Every effort has been made to include all of Paine's writings available at present, and to present them in a manner that would make clear their historical background. Emphasis has been placed throughout on presenting Paine's writings in their essential clarity, and for this purpose efforts have been made, without in any sense distorting Paine's meaning, to modernize the spelling, capitalization and punctuation wherever it was necessary to make the meaning clear to a present day reader. --Publisher description.

Author : Joanne Dahme
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2010-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781458779731

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The Plague by Joanne Dahme Pdf

Fifteen year-old Nell bears an uncanny resemblance to King Edward the Third's daughter, Princess Joan. The king brings Nell and her brother George from the murky streets of 14th-century London so that Nell can be the body double for the princess in times of danger. When the plague takes the princess' life, Joan's brother, the Black Prince, forces Nell to continue in her role so he can marry her to the Prince of Castille in Joan's place. Nell, however, is determined to return to England to report the princess' death to the King.

Author : John Nichols
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2011-03-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781781683781

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The "S" Word by John Nichols Pdf

During the Cold War it became a dirty word in the United States, but "socialism" runs like a red thread through the nation's history, an integral part of its political consciousness since the founding of the republic. In this unapologetic corrective to today's collective amnesia, John Nichols calls for the proud return of socialism in American life. He recalls the reforms lauded by Founding Father Tom Paine; the presence of Karl Marx's journalism in American letters; the left leanings of founders of the Republican Party; the socialist politics of Helen Keller; the progressive legacy of figures like Chaplin and Einstein. Now in an updated edition, The "S" Word makes a case for socialist ideas as an indispensable part of American heritage. A new final chapter considers the recent signs of a leftward sea change in American politics in the face of increasing and historic levels of inequality. Today, corporations-like other rich "individuals"-pay fewer taxes than they did in the 1950s, while our infrastructure crumbles and the seas rise. The "S" Wordaddresses a nation that can no longer afford to put capital before people.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Horses
ISBN : 0329588052

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Mr. Revere and I by Anonim Pdf

An account of the life of the Revere family and the activities of the Sons of Liberty as told from the point of view of Paul Revere's horse.

Author : Thomas Paine
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 1167 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2023-11-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : EAN:8596547679271

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The Greatest Works of Thomas Paine: 39 Books in One Edition by Thomas Paine Pdf

Good Press presents to you this carefully created volume of "The Greatest Works of Thomas Paine: 39 Books in One Edition". This ebook has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Contents: Common Sense The American Crisis The Rights of Man The Age of Reason The Republican Proclamation To the Authors of "Le Républicain" To the Abbé Sièyes To the Attorney General To Mr. Secretary Dundas Letters to Onslow Cranley To the Sheriff of the County of Sussex To Mr. Secretary Dundas Letter Addressed to the Addressers on the Late Proclamation Address to the People of France Anti-Monarchal Essay for the Use of New Republicans To the Attorney General, on the Prosecution against the Second Part On the Propriety of Bringing Louis XIV to Trial Reasons for Preserving the Life of Louis Capet Shall Louis XVI have Respite? Declaration of Rights Private Letters to Jefferson Letter to Danton A Citizen of America to the Citizens of Europe Appeal to the Convention The Memorial to Monroe Letter to George Washington Observations Dissertation on First Principles of Government The Constitution of 1795 The Decline and Fall of the English System of Finance Forgetfulness Agrarian Justice The Eighteenth Fructidor The Recall of Monroe Private Letter to President Jefferson Proposal that Louisiana be Purchased Thomas Paine to the Citizens of the United States To the French Inhabitants of Louisiana A Letter Addressed to the Abbe Raynal The Life of Thomas Paine by Moncure D. Conway Thomas Paine (1737-1809) was an English-American political activist, philosopher, political theorist, and revolutionary. One of the Founding Fathers of the United States, he authored the two most influential pamphlets at the start of the American Revolution, and he inspired the rebels in 1776 to declare independence from Britain. Paine's ideas reflected Enlightenment-era rhetoric of transnational human rights.

Author : Robert Green Ingersoll
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4064066099787

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Thomas Paine by Robert Green Ingersoll Pdf

Thomas Paine is an interesting political novel by a true trailblazer of free thought. Excerpt: "TO speak the praises of the brave and thoughtful dead, is to me a labor of gratitude and love. Through all the centuries gone, the mind of man has been beleaguered by the mailed hosts of superstition. Slowly and painfully has advanced the army of deliverance..."

Author : Thomas Hobbes
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2012-10-03
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780486122144

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Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes Pdf

Written during a moment in English history when the political and social structures were in flux and open to interpretation, Leviathan played an essential role in the development of the modern world.