Burr, Hamilton, and Jefferson: A Study in Character
by Roger G. Kennedy
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This book restores Aaron Burr to his place as a central figure in the founding of the American Republic. Abolitionist, proto-feminist, friend to such Indian leaders as Joseph Brant, Burr was personally acquainted with a wider range of Americans, and of the American continent, than any other Founder except George Washington. He contested for power with Hamilton and then with Jefferson on a continental scale. The book does not sentimentalize any of its three protagonists, neither does it show more derogate their extraordinary qualities. They were all great men, all flawed, and all three failed to achieve show lessTags
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Kennedy does a credible job of removing Burr from the trash heap of American History and re-installs him as a founding father. As always funny and loaded with "psycho-babble", the unique style of Kennedy.
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Roger G. Kennedy is Director Emeritus of the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, and a past director of the National Park Service. He has had a long and distinguished career in public service, during which he served six presidents
Common Knowledge
- People/Characters
- Aaron Burr; Alexander Hamilton; Thomas Jefferson
Classifications
- Genres
- History, Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, General Nonfiction, Politics and Government
- DDC/MDS
- 973.4 — History & geography History of North America United States Constitutional period (1789-1809)
- LCC
- E302.5 .K46 — History of the United States United States Revolution to the Civil War, 1775/1783-1861 General
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- Reviews
- 2
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- (3.95)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 8
- ASINs
- 4
