Aaron Burr, in Two Volumes: The Years from Princeton to Vice President, 1756-1805; The Conspiracy and Years of Exile, 1805-1836

xxxiv, 324, [2]; ix, [1], 354 pp. 8vo. Includes 64 illustrations. A detailed account of the youth, military and political career, and ultimate disgrace of the American colonel famous for dueling Alexander Hamilton. Burr was also accused of treason for his questionable activities on the western frontier, though he was ultimately acquitted. "An account of Burr's formative years seeks to answer the contemporary charges against him of moral obtuseness, political opportunism, and excessive ambition, presenting him as politically inept, fatally unsuspicious, and intellectually superior and proud... A biography of Burr's later years argues that the conspiracy charges brought against him were instigated by the Spanish minister to the United States."