{"product_id":"book-common-sense","title":"Book: Common Sense","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCommon Sense | America 250 Edition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe revolutionary pamphlet that helped light the fire of American Independence in an elegant hardback gift edition, proudly printed in America and beautifully stamped in celebration of America 250\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThomas Paine arrived in America from England in 1774. A friend of Benjamin Franklin, he was a writer of poetry and tracts condemning the slave trade. In 1775, as hostilities between Britain and the colonies intensified, Paine wrote\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eCommon Sense\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eto encourage the colonies to break the British exploitative hold and fight for independence. The little booklet of 50 pages was published January 10, 1776 and sold a half-million copies, approximately equal to 75 million copies today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe America 250  word mark and logo are trademarks owned by the United States Semiquincentennial Commission and any use of such marks by Applewood Books is under license.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arcadia Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45686295920838,"sku":"6","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0223\/1425\/files\/9781429008075.avif?v=1775248374","url":"https:\/\/store.whalingmuseum.org\/products\/book-common-sense","provider":"The New Bedford Whaling Museum","version":"1.0","type":"link"}