{"product_id":"life-liberty-and-the-pursuit-of-happiness-britain-and-the-american-dream-paperback","title":"Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: Britain and the American Dream - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Moore\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Gripping . . . Vibrant . . . A wonderfully absorbing and stimulating book.\" --Sarah Bakewell, NBCC Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eHow to Live \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eHumanly Possible\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[A] rollicking account . . . The book's compulsive readability is a tribute to Moore's skill at cracking open the pre-revolutionary period.\" --Charles Arrowsmith, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA spirited group biography that explores the origins of the most iconic words in American history, and the remarkable transatlantic context from which they emerged. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe most famous phrase in American history once looked quite different. \"The preservation of life, \u0026amp; liberty, \u0026amp; the pursuit of happiness\" was how Thomas Jefferson put it in the first draft of the Declaration, before the first ampersand was scratched out, along with \"the preservation of.\" In a statement as pithy--and contested--as this, a small deletion matters. And indeed, that final, iconizing revision was the last in a long chain of revisions stretching across the Atlantic and back. The precise contours of these three rights have never been pinned down--and yet in making these words into rights, Jefferson reified the hopes (and debates) not only of a group of rebel-statesmen but also of an earlier generation of British thinkers who could barely imagine a country like the United States of America. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePeter Moore's \u003ci\u003eLife, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness \u003c\/i\u003etells the true story of what may be the most successful \u003ci\u003eimport \u003c\/i\u003ein US history: the \"American dream.\" Centered on the friendship between Benjamin Franklin and the British publisher William Strahan, and featuring figures including the cultural giant Samuel Johnson, the ground-breaking historian Catharine Macaulay, the firebrand politician John Wilkes, and revolutionary activist Thomas Paine, this book looks at the generation that preceded the Declaration in 1776. Everyone, it seemed, had \"life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness\" on their minds; Moore shows why, and reveals how these still-nascent ideals made their way across an ocean and started a revolution. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncludes 16 pages of black-and-white images\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Moore\u003c\/b\u003e is an English writer, historian, and lecturer. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eEndeavour \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Weather Experiment\u003c\/i\u003e, which were both \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers in the UK. \u003ci\u003eThe Weather Experiment \u003c\/i\u003ewas also chosen by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e as one of the 100 Notable Books of 2015. Moore teaches at the University of Oxford, has lectured internationally on eighteenth-century history, and hosts a history podcast called \u003ci\u003eTravels Through Time\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 608\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.14 x 8.18 x 5.49 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 25, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52703346688333,"sku":"9781250335661","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/cQPguO9_ph9781250335661.webp?v=1762251628","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/life-liberty-and-the-pursuit-of-happiness-britain-and-the-american-dream-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}