Thomas Paine: author of Common sense
In: Spotlight on civic courage: heroes of conscience
America's unsung hero -- Growing up with inequality -- Hardships as a young adult -- Early political publishing -- A fateful meeting with Benjamin Franklin -- Paine finds his voice -- A call for independence -- Times that try men's souls -- Serving a new nation -- Rights of man -- From French hero to enemy -- The age of reason -- Coming back to America -- A mind for invention -- Inspiration for workers and women -- Paine's legacy for the nation
