Used. Paperback. Jack McLaughlin’s engaging biography brilliantly builds a blueprint of our third president by examining his most famous architectural obsession. You will discover how the master of Monticello designed a life just as intricate and neoclassical as his beloved mountaintop estate. It is a smartly constructed study of a founding father who was perpetually ahead of his time, yet often trapped by his own contradictions. Grab this compelling chronicle if you want to tour the brilliant, complicated mind behind the columns.