Marrin Albert - Thomas Paine: crusader for liberty: how one mans ideas helped form a new nation

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Marrin, Albert.
Thomas Paine : crusader for liberty : how one mans ideas helped form a new nation / Albert Marrin.
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ISBN 978-0-375-86674-6 (trade) ISBN 978-0-375-96674-3 (lib. bdg.) ISBN 978-0-385-38605-0 (ebook)
1. Paine, Thomas, 17371809Juvenile literature. 2. Political scientistsUnited StatesBiographyJuvenile literature. 3. RevolutionariesUnited StatesBiographyJuvenile literature. 4. United StatesHistoryRevolution, 17751783Juvenile literature. I. Title.
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