Table of Contents
List of Illustrations xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Chronology xv
Introduction 1
Chapter 1 Cries of Paine 5
Chapter 2 Common Sense 29
Chapter 3 The Times That Tried Men's Souls 49
Chapter 4 American Crisis 69
Chapter 5 Can Nothing Be Done for Poor Paine? 95
Chapter 6 Money Is Money; Paper Is Paper 117
Chapter 7 Citizen Paine 129
Chapter 8 A Tale of Two Cities 149
Chapter 9 The Terror 177
Chapter 10 In the Name of Religion 197
Chapter 11 A Letter to Washington 213
Chapter 12 Fallen Idol 237
Chapter 13 To Rescue Man from Tyranny 249
Chapter 14 When the Empire of America Shall Fall 261
Appendix A The Principal Works of Thomas Paine 267
Appendix B The Age of Reason: Contents and Summary 275
Notes 283
Primary Research Resources and Bibliography 301
Index 307