
Thomas Paine
Enlightenment, Revolution, and the Birth of Modern Nations
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Craig Nelson
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John Adams told Thomas Jefferson that “history is to ascribe the American Revolution to Thomas Paine.” Thomas Edison called him “the equal of Washington in making American liberty possible.” He was a founder of both the United States and the French Revolution. He invented the phrase, “The United States of America.” He rose from abject poverty in working-class England to the highest levels of the era’s intellectual elite. And yet, by the end of his life, Thomas Paine was almost universally reviled. He had run afoul of Washington, broke with Robespierre and narrowly escaped the guillotine, and was all but exiled from his native England.
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Benjamin Franklin is the founding father who winks at us - an ambitious urban entrepreneur who rose up the social ladder, from leather-aproned shopkeeper to dining with kings. In best-selling author Walter Isaacson's vivid and witty full-scale biography, we discover why Franklin turns to us from history's stage with eyes that twinkle from behind his new-fangled spectacles. In Benjamin Franklin, Isaacson shows how Franklin defines both his own time and ours. The most interesting thing that Franklin invented, and continually reinvented, was himself.
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Good book, not crazy about the narrator
- De Cathi en 07-20-13
De: Walter Isaacson
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Thomas Paine and the Clarion Call for American Independence
- De: Harlow Giles Unger
- Narrado por: Peter Berkrot
- Duración: 9 h y 9 m
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From New York Times best-selling author and Founding Fathers' biographer Harlow Giles Unger comes the astonishing biography of the man whose pen set America ablaze, inspiring its revolution, and whose ideas about reason and religion continue to try men's souls.
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well written and researched
- De K D en 09-29-19
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Our Oriental Heritage
- The Story of Civilization, Volume 1
- De: Will Durant
- Narrado por: Robin Field
- Duración: 50 h y 17 m
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The first volume of Will Durant's Pulitzer Prize-winning series, Our Oriental Heritage: The Story of Civilization, Volume I chronicles the early history of Egypt, the Middle East, and Asia.
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Wonderful
- De Michael en 11-30-13
De: Will Durant
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Samuel Adams
- A Life
- De: Ira Stoll
- Narrado por: Paul Boehmer
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Ira Stoll's fascinating biography not only restores this figure to his rightful place in history but portrays him as a man of God whose skepticism of a powerful central government, uncompromising support for freedom of the press, concern about the influence of money on elections, voluble love of liberty, and selfless endurance in a war for freedom has enormous relevance to Americans today.
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Not just a biography. Must-read American History!
- De scott bowlby en 01-15-11
De: Ira Stoll
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Liberty's First Crisis
- Adams, Jefferson, and the Misfits Who Saved Free Speech
- De: Charles Slack
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When the United States government passed the Bill of Rights in 1791, its uncompromising protection of speech and of the press were unlike anything the world had ever seen before. But by 1798, the once-dazzling young republic of the United States was on the verge of collapse. Suddenly, the First Amendment, which protected harsh commentary of the weak government, no longer seemed as practical. So that July, President John Adams and the Federalists in control of Congress passed an extreme piece of legislation that made criticism of the government and its leaders a crime.
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Marvelous Book....
- De Douglas en 01-07-17
De: Charles Slack
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Friends Divided
- John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
- De: Gordon S. Wood
- Narrado por: James Lurie
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Thomas Jefferson and John Adams could scarcely have come from more different worlds or been more different in temperament. Jefferson, the optimist with enough faith in the innate goodness of his fellow man to be democracy's champion, was an aristocratic Southern slave owner while Adams, the overachiever from New England's rising middling classes, painfully aware he was no aristocrat, was a skeptic about popular rule and a defender of a more elitist view of government.
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A Great Read
- De Jean en 12-22-17
De: Gordon S. Wood
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James Madison
- A Life Reconsidered
- De: Lynne Cheney
- Narrado por: Eliza Foss
- Duración: 18 h y 37 m
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A major new biography of the fourth US president, from New York Times best-selling author Lynne Cheney. James Madison was a true genius of the early republic, the leader who did more than any other to create the nation we know today. This majestic new biography tells his story. Outwardly reserved, Madison was the intellectual driving force behind the Constitution. His visionary political philosophy was a crucial factor behind the Constitution’s ratification, and his political savvy was of major importance in getting the new government underway.
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Great man, great ideas, muddling book
- De NDFletch en 06-13-15
De: Lynne Cheney
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Marquis
- Lafayette Reconsidered
- De: Laura Auricchio
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
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A major biography of the Marquis de Lafayette, French hero of the American Revolution, looks past the storybook general and selfless champion of righteous causes who, at the age of 19, volunteered to fight under George Washington, casting aside fortune and family (from one of France's oldest families; his ancestors served in the Crusades and alongside Joan of Arc) to advance the transcendent aims of liberty and justice.
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Lafayette: A Hit Abroad! & A Miss at Home!
- De James en 03-05-15
De: Laura Auricchio
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The Making of America: Volume 1
- Alexander Hamilton, Andrew Jackson, and Abraham Lincoln
- De: Teri Kanefield
- Narrado por: Pete Cross
- Duración: 12 h y 15 m
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Unlike other biographies, the Making of America series goes beyond individual narratives linking influential figures to create an overarching story of America's growth that will deepen understanding of the country we live in today. This bundle featuring Alexander Hamilton, Abraham Lincoln, and Andrew Jackson tells the story of American constitutional history from the founding of the nation through the end of the Civil War.
De: Teri Kanefield
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Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Thomas Paine
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- Andrew
- 08-12-18
great book about a forgotten founding father
everyone should read or listen to this book to learn about a man the really influenced the founding of this country. a great man who's name has been intentionally forgotten for to long. the narration isn't the best, but the story more then males up for it,
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- Louis M Kleiman
- 07-10-23
Democracy is fragile
The historical whitewashing of Thomas Paine tells us all we need to know about this country
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- R.S.
- 10-05-12
Enlightening Biography
An enlightening biography, it started well, and became increasingly better. It is a book that one might call a "tour de force," as it is not only a fascinating biography of a fascinating life of Thomas Paine, but it is also highly informative about his times, serving as a valuable guide to the European enlightenment, the American and French Revolutions and the controversies of the day, and also the evolution of democracy in England. There are times when in listening to a historical biography that one feels one is getting distracted by personal minutiae which would be better not to know. But that wasn't the case in this book because the relevant history of the period was so adroitly integrated into the personal narrative of Thomas Paine. It is certainly a book worth listening to again. The narration was superb.
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- Darlene Davis
- 11-21-11
This man should be a household name!
Craig Nelson knows how to tell a story. There are passages and scenes that are so riveting you almost think they are made up for dramatic effect. Why did my professors in college not mention this man?
Seems like bad PR followed Thomas Paine's name up until the present time. Nelson does a fine job at explaining why and how this happened, and for anyone who wants to get the whole story about the American Revolution, they simply must listen/read this book. You won't regret it! Then download Common Sense.
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- huxleyc
- 07-12-23
A True Hero Amongst the Pantheon of Heroes
It’s a great book, touchingly told, enrapturing at times, crying at others. Truly recommend learning about this Hero.
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- Molly Rose
- 07-18-17
Paine and more...
I came away with a feel for the man in his times with good narrative and generous insertions of letters, artifacts of events and at times extended review of the thoughts and events of Paine's peers and influences.
I have not yet read "Common Sense" or "Rights of Man" but look forward to doing so now having this historical context.
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- Glen More
- 01-12-16
Vivid.
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
This is vivid, personal, you-are-there history. I feel like I learned a lot (pleasantly), and was sad when the book ended. Perhaps, the author and his publisher will consider picking up the narrative somewhere around the time of Paine's death ... with a treatment of the life and times of someone else who, like Paine, probably ought to be better known today.
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- Jan T. Lea
- 01-24-15
Fantastic Book
Great insights into the life of a very important, enlightened and brave man! As relevant as ever, in a time of imperialism, consumerism and lingering religious dogma.
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- John DeVries
- 12-11-12
Disappointing Book and Performance
Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?
Two significant problems, one with the source material (the book) and the other with the narrator. The book itself is poorly suited to being turned into audio-book format. It does not present a clear narrative line, but often includes long stretches of only partially relevant quote from original sources. It also frequently goes off on a tangent to follow secondary characters influencing Paine's life. These may work in print, but disrupt the narrative flow in audio format.
To add to those problems, the narrator frequently pauses at the wrong point, separating sentences where there is no separation. At many points I had to post-analyze what had been said to figure out what had been meant.
Overall, this audio-book is not so bad that I won't finish listening, but it is a major disappointment compared to other history books I have heard.
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