hɪz baɪˈɑːɡɹəfi ɐlˈɛksɪs də tˈɑːkvɪl wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd fˈaɪv wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti ˈeɪt, ɹˈɪʔn̩ ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi fˈoːɹ, ænd tɹænslˈeɪɾᵻd ˌɪntʊ ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi ˈeɪt æz tˈɑːkvɪl: ɐ baɪˈɑːɡɹəfi baɪ lˈɪdiə dˈeɪvɪs ænd ɹˈɑːbɚt hˈɛmənwˌeɪ, wʌz ɐklˈeɪmd æz ðə dᵻfˈɪnɪtˌɪv ɐkˈaʊnt ʌvðə lˈaɪf ænd kɚɹˈɪɹ ʌvðɪ ˈɔːθɚɹ ʌv dᵻmˈɑːkɹəsi ɪn ɐmˈɛɹɪkə.
His biography Alexis de Tocqueville (1805–1858), written in 1984, and translated into English in 1988 as Tocqueville: A Biography by Lydia Davis and Robert Hemenway, was acclaimed as the definitive account of the life and career of the author of Democracy in America.