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Aaron Burr : conspiracy to treason

Author: Buckner F Melton
Publisher: New York : Wiley, ©2001.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Aaron Burr remains one of the most darkly compelling figures in early United States history. Best known as the man who killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel at Weehawken, New Jersey, Burr served as a U.S. senator and as Thomas Jefferson's vice president from 1800 to 1804. Before that, he gained a national reputation as a brilliant attorney. In the first popular book to focus on one of the most intriguing chapters in  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Biography
Named Person: Aaron Burr; Aaron Burr
Material Type: Biography, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Buckner F Melton
ISBN: 047139209X 9780471392095
OCLC Number: 46472180
Description: vii, 278 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents: Part one: the cauldron --
Part two: the conspirator --
Part three: the plan --
Part four: the execution --
Part five: the indictment --
Part six: the trial --
Epilogue: villain --
Author's note --
Notes --
Suggestions for further reading.
Responsibility: Buckner F. Melton, Jr.
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Aaron Burr is one of the most compelling figures in US history. This book explores his part in what is known as an alleged plan to invade Mexico and set up an independent republic there. It  Read more...

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"An engrossing account of the new American republic's first great treason trial... Stories of important men behaving badly usually make entertaining reading, and this is no exception." (Kirkus Read more...

 
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