A bright, square, and overall a nice copy.

A bright, square, and overall a nice copy.

Dust jacket shows minor wear and soiling, tanning. Pages are clean, text and pictures are intact and unmarred. Very Clean Copy-Over 500, 000 Internet Orders Filled.

Dust jacket shows minor wear and soiling, tanning. Pages are clean, text and pictures are intact and unmarred. Very Clean Copy-Over 500, 000 Internet Orders Filled.

Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few

Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Very Clean Copy-Over 500, 000 Internet Orders Filled.

Very Clean Copy-Over 500, 000 Internet Orders Filled.

New York. 1999. Oxford University Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in

New York. 1999. Oxford University Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0195130553. 476 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Jon Valk. keywords: America History American Revolution. DESCRIPTION-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 derogate their extraordinary qualities. They were all great men, all flawed, and all three failed to achieve their full aspirations. But their struggles make for an epic tale. Written from the perspective of a historian and administrator who, over nearly fifty years in public life, has served six presidents, this book penetrates into the personal qualities of its three central figures. In telling the tale of their shifting power relationships and their antipathies, it reassesses their policies and the consequences of their successes and failures. Fresh information about the careers of Hamilton and Burr is derived from newly-discovered sources, and a supporting cast of secondary figures emerges to give depth and irony to the principal narrative. inventory #27097.