The road to Monticello: the life and mind of Thomas Jefferson

Book I: The education of Thomas Jefferson

Fire!

A boy and his books

A correct, classical scholar

William and Mary

The Williamsburg circle

The limits of English law

A shelf of notebooks

Becoming a Burgess

Book II: Family and nation

Domestic life and literary pursuits

Rude bard of the north

A summary view of the rights of British America

The pen and the tomahawk

The Declaration of Independence

The book culture of Philadelphia and Williamsburg, contrasted

Of law and learning

Lines of communication

Notes on the State of Virginia

The narrow house

An American odyssey

Book III: Our man in Paris

Bookman in Paris

Talking about literature

London Town

Summer of '86

An inquisitive journey through France and Italy

A tour through Holland and the Rhine Valley

Last days in Paris

Book IV: Servant of the people

The young idea

The Anas

Letters from a Virginia Farmer

The Vice-president and the printed word

The first inaugural address

Wall of separation

Life of Captain Lewis

President as patron of literature

Book V: Monticello

Return to Monticello

Letters to an old friend

The Library of Congress

The retirement library

The life and morals of Jesus of Nazareth

The autobiography

The University of Virginia from dream to reality

The life and soul of the university

An essay on source.