How Long to Read Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness

How Long Does it Take to Read Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness?

It takes the average reader 7 hours and 57 minutes to read Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness by Peter Moore

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

“Gripping . . . Vibrant . . . A wonderfully absorbing and stimulating book.” —Sarah Bakewell, NBCC Award–winning author of How to Live and Humanly Possible “[A] rollicking account . . . The book’s compulsive readability is a tribute to Moore’s skill at cracking open the pre-revolutionary period.” —Charles Arrowsmith, The Washington Post A spirited group biography that explores the origins of the most iconic words in American history, and the remarkable transatlantic context from which they emerged. The most famous phrase in American history once looked quite different. “The preservation of life, & liberty, & 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. Peter Moore’s Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness tells the true story of what may be the most successful import in 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. Includes 16 pages of black-and-white images

How long is Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness?

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness by Peter Moore is 466 pages long, and a total of 119,296 words.

This makes it 157% the length of the average book. It also has 146% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 10 hours and 51 minutes to read Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness aloud.

What Reading Level is Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness?

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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