Collected Writings: Common Sense, The Crisis, and Other Pamphlets, Articles, and Letters; Rights of Man; The Age of Reason (The Library of America Series Book 76)

906 pp. 8vo. Original burgundy cloth, gilt titles and rules, ribbon marker bound in. A collection of works by the political philosopher and activist whose pamphlets encouraged American citizens to declare independence from Britain, and thus became one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Chronology and notes following text. This edition is part of the Library of America series, published by a non-profit organization whose goal is to keep classic works of American literature and history in print as a way of preserving cultural heritage.