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Thomas Paine is essential reading to anyone who wants to understand American History. However, this particular edition, presented by Signet Classics, is the most disappointing presentation of any classic I have ever seen. While "Common Sense" appears to be presented in its entirety, "The American Crisis" (aka simply "The Crisis") is not. Parts 2, 6, and 9-12 are omitted entirely, and parts 3, 4, 7 & 8 are presented with only "selections". I don't know about any other readers, but this is extremely annoying to me. It is almost as annoying as when Readers Digest decided to present an edited version of The Bible, omitting sections they felt were unimportant because they were duplicates of other sections. I certainly do not equate the writings of Thomas Paine with those of the Bible, but the principle is the same: I do not want someone omitting sections that the author, whether it is God or Thomas Paine, felt should be part of what he had to say. I am reading "The Crisis" presented in a library copy edited by Eric Foner and am looking for an edition of my own. If you want to just hit the highlights of Paine's work, then the Signet edition may be for you. If you want to read Thomas Paine as he spoke to America, Britain and the world, don't waste your money on this edition.


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Common Sense The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings of Thomas Paine Signet Classics Thomas Paine Sidney Hook Jack Fruchtman Jr 9780451528896 Books Reviews

Great read for history buffs.A must read if studying the Revolutionary times.
This is what we're founded on, what America is supposed to be, and the way we should conduct our political affairs. Paine should probably be required reading for every citizen, every student, anyone wondering what freedom really means. Besides being informative, it is incisive, sarcastic, humorous, and passionate. The English is old and dated, but that just adds to its delight. I read this in short segments and then thought about each chapter. It made me proud to be an American and sad to realize how much freedom we've lost since Paine's day.
I have to say that I had a bit of a tough time getting into this book. For me, to truly enjoy it, I had to mentally place my mind back a couple hundred years and envision what it must have been like to live under the tyranny of a monarcial ruling class. As a citizen of a representative democracy and having lived an abundant life, that transformation took some doing. Fortunately, my most recent books have been about the middle ages leading up to the age of enlightenment - that helped a lot. The break from English powers did not happen easily but it happened because of people like Samuel Adams. John Adams and Thomas Paine. Sadly, we take the fruits of our forefathhers labor for granted and we should not.

Once my mental transformation took place I just could not get enough of this book. It is not a book to read for enjoyment. To me, it was not a page turner. Rather, it was a must read because I am US citizen and want to know more about the fundamental philosophies of our forefathers. Equally important was "the rights of man". How exciting it must have been to live in those times of enlightment.

I suppose I ordered Common Sense / The Rights of Man because I am troubled by the direction our country is taking. In my soul, I question if the monarcial ruling class has been replaced by an elite ruling class of two political parties. Common Sense forced me to question whether the political elite, of both parties, use the power to tax in ways similar to how monarcial classes did. Would Thomas Paine question if the elite see our national economy as their sand box to play in for their own benefit and advancement. Tax payers keep shoving sand into the sand box and the elite keep spending it to advance, not society in general, but to shore up their own bases and thus their power. My Gosh, do I have a bit of Thomas Paine in me. Or, maybe I am a Tea Party guy and don't even know it. Thankfully, I am happy with my day job.
These ought to be required reading for every US citizen, or at least any who want to actually understand the Founding Fathers' thinking. Thomas Paine was a tremendous influence on the ordinary citizen of his time as the Founders sought to engender support for the Revolution that created the United States of America, and then again as he tried to influence the French Republic to come into being through other than the bloody massacre that it was. He explains, in The Rights of Man, to the French citizen what he meant in Common Sense, about just who it is that gives us our rights God-given they are, not Government largesse!
Thomas Paine is essential reading to anyone who wants to understand American History. However, this particular edition, presented by Signet Classics, is the most disappointing presentation of any classic I have ever seen. While "Common Sense" appears to be presented in its entirety, "The American Crisis" (aka simply "The Crisis") is not. Parts 2, 6, and 9-12 are omitted entirely, and parts 3, 4, 7 & 8 are presented with only "selections". I don't know about any other readers, but this is extremely annoying to me. It is almost as annoying as when Readers Digest decided to present an edited version of The Bible, omitting sections they felt were unimportant because they were duplicates of other sections. I certainly do not equate the writings of Thomas Paine with those of the Bible, but the principle is the same I do not want someone omitting sections that the author, whether it is God or Thomas Paine, felt should be part of what he had to say. I am reading "The Crisis" presented in a library copy edited by Eric Foner and am looking for an edition of my own. If you want to just hit the highlights of Paine's work, then the Signet edition may be for you. If you want to read Thomas Paine as he spoke to America, Britain and the world, don't waste your money on this edition.