A Little Book and a War part one
Discover fascinating people and ideas in American history and the Bible through short stories on This Week's Story mp3 audio and text for reading.
Discouraged American soldiers ask, "Why are we fighting?" A little book, Common Sense, gives them answers and hope.
click here to play audioFarmers talked about it in Vermont. In New York families read it after supper. Men discussed it in the South. Soldiers pulled it out of their packs, read it, and argued around campfires. In an Iroquois longhouse it was translated into the Indian tongue. Rich and poor, common and uncommon people read it. If you did not know about it, you were told...
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