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The life of aaron burr kindle edition by nancy isenberg. In historian gordon woods 2006 collection of essays on the founding fathers, revolutionary characters, a surprise entry after washington, adams, jefferson, hamilton, and the other usual members of that pantheon is aaron burr. Fallen founder nancy isenbergs years of research have yielded a very readable history of aaron burr, a complex, elegant man. In 1799, burr founded the bank of the manhattan company, and the enmity between him and. February 6, 1756 september 14, 1836 was an american politician and lawyer.
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While there are some excellent works in his bibliography such as nancy isenbergs fallen founder. A panel of scholars discussed benjamin franklins relevance in the 21st century. More than 40 years before there was hamilton, there was burr. With fallen founder, nancy isenberg plumbs rare and obscure sources to shed new light on everyones favorite founding villain. The life and times of aaron burr was likely one of the books consumed. The life of aaron burr, by nancy isenberg, viking, 540 pp. I had read the biography of alexander hamilton, in which aaron burr played a large part. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading fallen founder. His mother esther edwards burr was the daughter of noted theologian jonathan edwards and his wife sarah. Linmanuel mirandas play hamilton has reignited interest in the founding fathers. Was he really quite the villain that his image would suggest. Burr is, of course, infamous for killing alexander hamilton in a duel.
There are more than 1 million books that have been enjoyed by people from all over the world. The alleged cabal was led by aaron burr, the former vice president of the united states 18011805. Both of the children married into philadelphias free negro community in which their. Fallen founder from the author of white trash and the problem of democracy, a controversial challenge to the views of the founding fathers offered by ron chernow and david mccullough linmanuel mirandas play hamilton has reignited interest in the founding fathers. It is certainly the best of the many burr biographiesclearly argued, nicely paced, extensively researched, amply footnoted, and generally well written.
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She is the coauthor, with andrew burstein, of madison and jefferson. I didnt know very much about aaron burr, except that he shot hamilton and had quite a reputation as a womanizer. Harry williams professor of american history at lsu and writes regularly for salon. The arrest of aaron burr took place in february 1807. Opinions expressed in signed articles do not necessarily represent the views of the editors, the claremont institute, or its board of directors. Log in to get better recommendations with a free account. The life of aaron burr, published over a decade ago. This biography was selected by day to days karen grigsby.
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