{"product_id":"common-sense","title":"Common Sense","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eCommon Sense\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e to 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\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46124491833497,"sku":null,"price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/9611\/5865\/files\/Common-Sense.png?v=1770229774","url":"https:\/\/shop.drawingcenter.org\/products\/common-sense","provider":"The Drawing Center","version":"1.0","type":"link"}