In Pursuit of Jefferson : Traveling through Europe with the Most Perplexing Founding Father.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baxter, Derek.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826--Travel--Europe.

Jefferson, Thomas.

Baxter, Derek, 1973---Travel--Europe.

Baxter, Derek.

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Hints to Americans traveling in Europe.

Travelers' writings, American.

Europe--Description and travel.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (311 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Naperville : Sourcebooks, 2022.

Summary:

"In 1784, travel wrenched Thomas Jefferson out of the darkest period of his life. He sailed to France a broken man, but on the road, he rediscovered a world of hidden beauty and penned a guide he called Hints for Americans Traveling in Europe. During a crisis of his own, Derek Baxter dares himself to follow Jefferson's route. On a series of journeys (piloting a Dutch canal boat, hiking the French Alps, and fishing in the Atlantic), Baxter follows the obscure guide across six countries. But not all of his insights into the life of the complex founding father are pleasant. In Pursuit of Jefferson is the surprising story of one man's travels through Europe, led by Thomas Jefferson, and the lessons he learns about history-and himself-along the way"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Chapter One: The Starting Line

Chapter Two: Something New Under the Sun

Chapter Three: Traveling like Jefferson

Chapter Four: Paris, Springtime

Chapter Five: The Earth Belongs Always to the Living

Chapter Six: Rambles through the Vineyards

Chapter Seven: Jefferson's Dream

Chapter Eight: Sitting in an English Garden

Chapter Nine: Behind the Fence

Chapter Ten: A Continued Feast through Italy

Chapter Eleven: The Rice Smuggler

Chapter Twelve: Remedial Education

Chapter Thirteen: The Architecture of Dreams

Chapter Fourteen: Those Who Labor for My Happiness

Chapter Fifteen: Hard Truths

Chapter Sixteen: Look Closer: Stories of the Enslaved

Chapter Seventeen: The Long Walk to Freedom

Chapter Eighteen: The Last Days of the Ancien Régime

Chapter Nineteen: French Revolutions

Chapter Twenty: A la Recherche du Moose Perdu

Chapter Twenty-One: As If Both Sides of the Atlantic Were Not Warmed by the Same Genial Sun

Chapter Twenty-Two: We'll Always Have Paris

Chapter Twenty-Three: The Never-Ending Pursuit of Happiness

Acknowledgments

Reading Group Guide

A Conversation with the Author

Illustration Credits

Abbreviations

Notes

About the Author

Back Cover.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Baxter, Derek In Pursuit of Jefferson

ISBN:

9781728225395

1728225396

9781728225401

172822540X

OCLC:

1284920782