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Common Sense (Penguin Great Ideas)
by Thomas Paine
from Penguin (Non-Classics)
Customer Reviews:
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 
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American Prophecy 
This book was originally written as a series of pamphlets starting in 1776. It was crucial in advancing the thought and spirit of the American Revolution to the masses. I found this book to be amazing in how forward thinking the author was. Declaring "The cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind". He spends the first part of the book logically explaining that Monarchy is wrong and having heirs to a throne is ridiculous. He uses the bible as part of his argument that kings and kingdoms... more info
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Interesting historical perspective 
This little book is an easy way to get a brief glimpse of the time of the American Revolution, the way it sounded and felt to people then.
PROS: It's a primary source, more direct than a history book, yet it's short and easy to read. Of course it's an emotional propaganda piece (for the American side, against the English king) and there are many holes in Paine's arguments, but that's part of the fun of reading a primary source -- you can analyze for yourself. Also, this little edition is nicely printed... more info
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What it means to be a "patriot."
"The cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind" (p. 4).
This is the incendiary political pamphlet that resulted in the United States, and should be required reading for anyone interested in what it means to be an American patriot. American Revolutionary, Thomas Paine (1737-1809), demonstrated the pen is mightier than the sword with his revolution call, COMMON SENSE (1776) which, through brilliantly-reasoned argument, demanded American independence from corrupt British rule and... more info
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