Citizen Tom Paine
The New York Times bestseller that's so glowingly human a picture of Tom Paine and America in the revolutionary days (The New York Herald). Thomas Paine's voice rang in the ears of eighteenth-century revolutionaries from America to France to England. He was friend to luminaries such as Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, and William Wordsworth. His pamphlets extolling democracy sold in the millions. Yet he died a forgotten man, isolated by his rough manners, idealistic zeal, and unwillingness to compromise. Howard Fast's brilliant portrait brings Paine to the fore as a legend of American history, and provides readers with a gripping narrative of…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4532-3482-2
- EAN: 9781453234822
- Produktnummer: 19297212
- Verlag: Open Road Media
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 346 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 5'333 KB
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Howard Fast (1914-2003) was one of the most prolific American writers of the twentieth century. He was a bestselling author of more than eighty works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and screenplays. The son of immigrants, Fast grew up in New York City and published his first novel upon finishing high school in 1933. In 1950, his refusal to provide the United States Congress with a list of possible Communist associates earned him a three-month prison sentence. During his incarceration, Fast wrote one of his best-known novels, Spartacus (1951). Throughout his long career, Fast matched his commitment to championing social justice in his writing with a deft, lively storytelling style.
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