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Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: Britain and the American Dream
Maybe someday
48
/100
I Index Overall Rating
Readers
43/100Critics
53/100Scholars
Author:
Peter Moore
Publisher:
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Date:
June 27, 2023
A history of the British thinkers who developed the Enlightenment-era ideas and ideals that drove the American Revolution.
What The Reviewers Say
History can sometimes read like a steady procession of inevitable incidents. Not in Moore’s rollicking account.
Absorbing.
In vivid prose, Moore demonstrates why Franklin was so energized by his travels to London.
Moore offers ample proof that the revolution in America had British roots.
