Monticello for the modern man
Sunday, June 27, 2004
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- Thomas Jefferson was the quintessential 18th-century man -- a revolutionary tempered by reason. Yet a visit to his estate, Monticello, reveals his habits and interests to have been surprisingly similar to those of many 21st-century Americans.
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