Talk:Thomas Paine
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Well, I guess it wouldn't be fair for me to write an article at this point, since it's an assignment for credit in the history class... so I'll just put down some miscellaneous bits and pieces. Anyone can use any of this in the article if they like, but be sure to get the more important stuff in first. If you use any of this rewrite and reorganize it so it fits into the article.
- According to Elmer Rice, "his writings literally sold by the million in the America and the England of his day."[1]
- Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense, a book which had enormous influence in convincing Americans to separate from England; The Rights of Man, which supported the French Revolution; and a book about religion called The Age of Reason. A Wired article calls them "the three bestselling works of the 18th century."[1]
- He wrote the first part of The Age of Reason while he was in jail in France. He had no copy of the Bible with him, and his detailed commentaries on it were all made from memory.
- ↑ Rice, Elmer (1943), "Tom Paine, Prophet of Liberty;" The New York Times, April 25, 1943, Book Review p. 1