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Thomas Paine knightly referred to as the "forgotten" Founder. We remember Washington, Jefferson, and Adams, but too often overlook the first person to write the momentous words "the United States of America." With his first two books, Common Sense and The American Crisis, Paine helped a majority of American colonists to think of themselves, for the first time, as citizens of a new nation-the United States of America. And it was Paine who, through the power of the pen, encouraged the colonists to declare their independence; to fight for their freedom and ultimately win the Revolutionary War. Thomas Paine's words have not lost their power with the passage of over two centuries. These Are the Times That Try Men's Souls eloquently connects the life and times of Thomas Paine with the modern crises facing America. Book jacket.