Table of Contents
Chapter 1 The Starting Line 1
Chapter 2 Something New Under the Sun 20
Chapter 3 Traveling like Jefferson 32
Chapter 4 Paris, Springtime 51
Chapter 5 The Earth Belongs Always to the Living 62
Chapter 6 Rambles through the Vineyards 81
Chapter 7 Jefferson's Dream 99
Chapter 8 Sitting in an English Garden 113
Chapter 9 Behind the Fence 129
Chapter 10 A Continued Feast through Italy 143
Chapter 11 The Rice Smuggler 163
Chapter 12 Remedial Education 176
Chapter 13 The Architecture of Dreams 198
Chapter 14 Those Who Labor for My Happiness 216
Chapter 15 Hard Truths 229
Chapter 16 Look Closer: Stories of the Enslaved 246
Chapter 17 The Long Walk to Freedom 261
Chapter 18 The Last Days of the Ancien Régime 283
Chapter 19 French Revolutions 296
Chapter 20 A la Recherche du Moose Perdu 319
Chapter 21 As If Both Sides of the Atlantic Were Not Warmed by the Same Genial Sun 341
Chapter 22 We'll Always Have Paris 358
Chapter 23 The Never-Ending Pursuit of Happiness 379
Acknowledgments 393
Reading Group Guide 395
A Conversation with the Author 397
Illustration Credits 403
Abbreviations 407
Notes 409
Index 479
About the Author 500