The Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives of the Founders and Defined America

by Jeffrey Rosen

A New York Times bestseller and an "enriching...brilliant" (David W. Blight, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Frederick Douglass) examination of what "the pursuit of happiness" meant to our nation's Founders and how that famous phrase defined their lives and became the foundation of our democracy.

The Declaration of Independence identified "the pursuit of happiness" as one of our unalienable rights, along with life and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1668002485
• ISBN13: 9781668002483
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.4"