Description: Further DetailsTitle: The CrisisCondition: NewISBN-10: 1591026318EAN: 9781591026310ISBN: 9781591026310Publisher: Prometheus BooksFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 07/01/2008Description: In the winter of 1776, the American War of Independence, which had been declared months before, was in trouble. British troops had quickly advanced through New York to crush the rebellion, and the Continental army was in retreat and on the verge of disintegration. At the end of that year, on the 23rd of December, Thomas Paine, who had previously inspired the revolutionary cause with his stirring pamphlet Common Sense, published the first of a new series of essays aptly titled The Crisis. Paine had a gift for memorable phrasing and the first words of The Crisis soon became famous. General Washington found the writing so uplifting that later, during the bleak winter of 1777 at Valley Forge, he ordered Paine's essay to be read by all the troops. Paine continued his writing through the duration of the war with eloquent appeals for justice addressed to British leaders and citizens, and uplifting words to bolster the patriots in their fight for independence. A document that provides many insights into the hardships and precarious uncertainties that threatened the birth of our nation, The Crisis belongs on every American's bookshelf.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Width: 15mmItem Weight: 367gAuthor: Thomas PaineGenre: HistoryTopic: Literary CriticismRelease Year: 2008 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: The Crisis
Title: The Crisis
ISBN-10: 1591026318
EAN: 9781591026310
ISBN: 9781591026310
Release Date: 07/01/2008
Release Year: 2008
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Book Title: Crisis
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Prometheus Books, Publishers
Publication Year: 2008
Topic: United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), Essays
Item Height: 0.6 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Literary Collections, History
Item Weight: 13 Oz
Author: Thomas Paine
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Book Series: Great Minds Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
