Aaron Burr

by Milton Lomask · 1979

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An account of Burr's formative years seeks to answer the contemporary charges against him of moral obtuseness, political opportunism, and excessive ambition, presenting him as politically inept, fatally unsuspicious, and intellectually superior and proud.

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adult
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long · 471 pages

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