Common Sense Author: Thomas Paine Retail Price: $12.95 Our Price: $11.66 Save: 1.29 (9.96%) Availability: In Stock        Thomas Paine arrived in America from England in 1774. A friend of Ben Franklin, he was a writer of poetry and tracts condemning the slave trade. In 1775, as hostilities between Britain and the colonies intensified, Paine wrote 'Common Sense' to encourage the colonies to break the British exploitative hold through independence. The little booklet of 50 pages was published January 10, 1776 and sold a half-million copies, approximately equal to 75 million copies today. Similar Items you may enjoy! Common Sense 101 Author: Dale Ahlquist Our Price: $17.06 Common Sense Author: Thomas Paine, edited by Richard Beeman Our Price: $12.60 More Common Sense Author: Ken English Our Price: $14.83 More Common Sense Author: Ken English Our Price: $32.89

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