My Pen and My Soul Have Ever Gone Together

Vikki J. Vickers is Assistant Professor of History at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah. She is the author of The American Revolution: America's First War (2006).

• Table of Contents:Acknowledgements Introduction 1. The Pennsylvania Magazine2. The Devil's Advocate: Thomas Paine and The Making of Common Sense3. Why Thomas Paine?4. The Origins and Significance of Thomas Paine's Religious Beliefs 5. One God and No More: The Strange Mission of Thomas Paine Conclusion Appendix: Common Sense: An Historiographical Overview Notes Bibliography Index