The Heartbreak of Aaron Burr by Brands, H. W.

The Heartbreak of Aaron Burr (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780307743268)

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The Heartbreak of Aaron Burr by Brands, H. W.

The Heartbreak of Aaron Burr

$15.95
The Heartbreak of Aaron Burr by Brands, H. W.

The Heartbreak of Aaron Burr

$15.95
Format: Paperback
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From the two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, bestselling historian, and author of Our First Civil War--a fascinating portrait of one of the most compelling politicians in American history--a Revolutionary War hero, vice president of the United States, and the man who killed Alexander Hamilton.

But as H. W. Brands demonstrates in this biography, Burr was a man before his time--a proponent of equality between the sexes well over a century before women were able to vote in the US. Through Burr's extensive, witty correspondence with his daughter Theodosia, Brands traces the arc of a scandalous political career and the early years of American politics. The Heartbreak of Aaron Burr not only dramatizes through their words his eventful life, it also tells a touching story of a father's love for his exceptional daughter, which endured through public shame, bankruptcy, and exile, and outlasted even Theodosia's tragic disappearance at sea.

Author: H. W. Brands
ISBN-10: 0307743268
ISBN-13: 9780307743268
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 05/01/2012
Pages: 194
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.02h x 5.25w x 0.60d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2012
Publishers Weekly 04/02/2012 pg. 51
Library Journal 05/01/2012 pg. 86
By H. W. Brands
By H. W. Brands
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H. W. BRANDS holds the Jack S. Blanton Sr. Chair in History at the University of Texas at Austin. A New York Times bestselling author, he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in biography for The First American and Traitor to His Class.

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