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Though he was a hero of the Revolutionary War, a prominent New York politician, and vice president of the United States, Aaron Burr is today best remembered as the villain who killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel.
But as H. W. Brands demonstrates in this fascinating portrait of one of the most compelling politicians in American history, Burr was also 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.
A Paperback Original
Though he was a hero of the Revolutionary War, a prominent New York politician, and vice president of the United States, Aaron Burr is today best remembered as the villain who killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel.
But as H. W. Brands demonstrates in this fascinating portrait of one of the most compelling politicians in American history, Burr was also 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.
A Paperback Original
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.
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2012 |
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Genre: | Geschichte, Importe |
Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: | Einband - flex.(Paperback) |
ISBN-13: | 9780307743268 |
ISBN-10: | 0307743268 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Brands, H W |
Hersteller: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
Maße: | 201 x 133 x 22 mm |
Von/Mit: | H W Brands |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 01.05.2012 |
Gewicht: | 0,17 kg |
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.
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2012 |
---|---|
Genre: | Geschichte, Importe |
Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: | Einband - flex.(Paperback) |
ISBN-13: | 9780307743268 |
ISBN-10: | 0307743268 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Brands, H W |
Hersteller: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
Maße: | 201 x 133 x 22 mm |
Von/Mit: | H W Brands |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 01.05.2012 |
Gewicht: | 0,17 kg |