The Treason Trials of Aaron Burr

by Peter Charles Hoffer

Book Overview

Langum Prize, Honorable Mention

Aaron Burr was an enigma even in his own day. Founding father and vice president, he engaged in a duel with Alexander Hamilton resulting in a murder indictment that effectively ended his legal career. And when he turned his attention to entrepreneurial activities on the frontier he was suspected of empire building--and worse.

Burr was finally arrested as a threat to national security,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700615911
• ISBN13: 9780700615919
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.5"