Among Howard Fast´s historical fiction, Citizen Tom Paine - one of America´s all-time best-sellers - occupies a special place, for it restored to a generation of readers the vision of Paine´s revolutionary passion as the authentic roots of our national beginnings. Fast gives us ´´a vivid picture of Paine´s mode of writing, idiosyncrasies, and character-generous, nobly unselfish, moody, often dirty, frequently drunken, a revolutionist by avocation´´ (Library Journal). 1. Language: English.... Mehr