28. The Sudden Emergence of Tom Paine

Conceived in Liberty, Volume 4 — The Revolutionary War, 1775-1784

Tags: U.S. History

05/18/2010 Murray N. Rothbard

Pages 135-140 in the text, as narrated by Floy Lilley. From Part 4 of Conceived in Liberty, Volume IV: “America Declares independence.”

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