TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- TRANSLATOR'S INTRODUCTION -- NOTES -- PROLOGUE -- PRESENTATION: Why, and for What, Should we Read Simón Rodríguez -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 1: THE STORY OF THOMAS -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 2: TRAVEL AND THE FORMATION OF THE SELF: Errantry -- THE TRAVELER'S BEGINNINGS -- TRAVELING THE WORLD -- THE RETURN TO AMERICA -- AN ERRANT-TEACHER -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 3: ESSAYING SCHOOL -- WRITING AFTER THOMAS -- WE INVENT LIKE THOMAS, OR WE ERROR -- CHILDHOOD FOR KIDS LIKE THOMAS -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 4: INVENTING POPULAR EDUCATION -- THE SCHOOL OF THOMAS -- THE WAYS OF BEING A TEACHER -- WORKING ON ATTENTION -- THE JOY OF TEACHING -- POPULAR SCHOOL -- A SCHOOL OF HOSPITALITY -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 5: THE (SCHOOL OF THE) ANTI-SCHOOL: Iconoclasm and Irreverence -- SIMÓN RODRÍGUEZ AND PHILOSOPHY -- A POPULAR SOCRATES -- A CYNIC SCHOOL -- AN IGNORANT, OR A DISOBEDIENT SCHOOLMASTER? -- A PEDAGOGUE OF THE OPPRESSED? -- NOTES -- EPILOGUE -- INVENTING SCHOOL, LIFE, AND POLITICS WITH SIMÓN RODRÍGUEZ -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR.