From the Large Print - Large print edition.
Prologue: What is America? --
The power of colonial classicism --
Washington studies how to rise in colonial society --
John Adams aims to become an American Cicero --
Jefferson blooms at William & Mary --
Madison breaks away to Princeton --
Adams and the fuse of rebellion --
Jefferson's declaration of the "American mind" --
Washington: the noblest Roman of them all --
The war strains the classical model --
From a difficult war to an uneasy peace --
Madison and the Constitution: balancing vice with vice --
The Classical vision smashes into American reality --
The revolution of 1800: the people, not the plebes --
The end of American classicism --
Epilogue: What we can do --
Appendix: The Declaration of Independence.