Fallen Founder: The Life of Aaron Burr

Fallen Founder: The Life of Aaron Burr
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This definitive biography of the revolutionary era villain overturns every myth and image we have of him

The narrative of Americaâ€™s founding is filled with godlike geniusesâ€”Franklin, Washington, Adams, Jeffersonâ€”versus the villainous Aaron Burr. Generations have been told Burr was a betrayerâ€”of Hamilton, of his country, of those who had nobler ideas. All untrue. He did not turn on Hamilton; rather, the politically aggressive Hamilton was preoccupied with Burr and subverted Burrâ€™s career at every turn for more than a decade through outright lies and slanderous letters.

In Fallen Founder, Nancy Isenberg portrays the founders as they all really were and proves that Burr was no less a patriot and no less a principled thinker than those who debased him. He was an inspired politician who promoted decency at a moment when factionalism and ugly party politics were coalescing. He was a genuine hero of the Revolution, as much an Enlightenment figure as Jefferson, and a feminist generations ahead of his time. A brilliant orator and lawyer, he was New Yorkâ€™s attorney general, a senator, and vice president. Denounced as a man of extreme tastes, he in fact pursued a moderate course, and his political assassination was accomplished by rivals who feared his power and who promoted the notion of his sexual perversions.

Fallen Founder is an antidote to the worshipful biographies far too prevalent in the histories of the revolutionary era. Burrâ€™s story returns us to reality: to the cunning politicians our nationâ€™s founders really were and to a world of political maneuvering, cutthroat politicking, and media slander that is stunningly modern.
Country USA
Brand Brand: Viking Adult
Manufacturer Viking Adult
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2007-05-10
UnitCount 1
Format Unabridged
EANs 9780670063529

Country	USA
Brand	Brand: Viking Adult
Manufacturer	Viking Adult
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2007-05-10
UnitCount	1
Format	Unabridged
EANs	9780670063529

Fallen Founder: The Life of Aaron Burr

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