American Sphinx
A portrait of Thomas Jefferson's ideals and contradictions, from the Declaration and Paris to slavery, presidential power, and his final years at Monticello.
8 parts, about 29 minutes to read.
At a glance
- Author
- Joseph J. Ellis
- Parts
- 8 parts
- Reading time
- about 29 minutes
- The whole book
- Also to read in full
What the summary covers
- Prologue: Jeffersonian Surge2 min
- Philadelphia: 1775–763 min
- Paris: 1784–895 min
- Monticello, 1794–974 min
- Washington, D.C., 1801–045 min
- Monticello, 1816–267 min
- The future of an illusion2 min
- The Sally Hemings evidence revisited1 min
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