Toll is a graduate of St George's School in Middletown, Rhode Island.
In 1989, he received an undergraduate degree in American history from Georgetown University; in 1995 he received a master's degree in public policy from Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard University.
It was released as an audiobook narrated by Grover Gardner by Audible Studios in 2011.
It was released as an audiobook narrated by P. J. Ochlan by Recorded Books in 2015.
It was also released as an audiobook narrated by P. J. Ochlan by Recorded Books in 2020.