Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness : Britain and the American dream / Peter Moore.

Author: Moore, Peter, 1983- author.

Edition Statement:First American edition.

ImprintNew York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023.

Descriptionx, 572 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Note:"With Benjamin Franklin, William Strahan, Samuel Johnson, John Wilkes, Catharine Macaulay, Thomas Paine."

Note:Life (1740-1759) -- A new man -- The race -- North star -- Sparks -- The Rambler -- Escape -- Liberty (1762-1768) -- Scribblers and etchers -- No. 45 -- Infamous -- News-writers -- A seven-year lottery -- Vox populi -- Happiness (1771-1776) -- A strange distemper -- Those who rush across the sea -- Letters -- Atlanticus -- Common Sense -- Plots.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 545-552) and index.

Note:"A history of the British thinkers who developed the Enlightenment-era ideas and ideals that drove the American Revolution."-- Provided by publisher.

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