In this vivid and brilliant biography, David Stewart describes Aaron Burr, the third vice president, as a daring and perhaps deluded figure who shook the nation s foundations in its earliest, most vulnerable decade.
In this vivid and brilliant biography, David O. Stewart portrays Aaron Burr, the third vice president, as a daring and perhaps deluded figure who shook the nation s foundations in its earliest, most vulnerable decade. Stewart s vivid account of Burr s tumultuous life offers a rare and eye-opening description of the brand-new nation struggling to define itself."