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Aaron Burr: A Biography

by Nathan Schachner

Pages: 564

Contributors: Nathan Schachner

Publisher: A.S. Barnes

Place of Publication: New York

Publication Year: 1961

Subjects: Burr, Aaron,--1756-1836

Table of Contents

Title Page

Contents

Acknowledgments

Illustrations

Chapter I: Ancestral Voices

Chapter II: Childhood

Chapter III: College Years

Chapter IV: Swords and Bullets

Chapter V: The War Goes On

Chapter VI: Prelude to Life

Chapter VII: Chiefly Legal

Chapter VIII: The Politician Embarked

Chapter IX: The Gentleman from New York

Chapter X: Intermediate Years

Chapter XI: Party Growth

Chapter XII: Burr Stoops to Conquer

Chapter XIII: The Second American Revolution

Chapter XIV: Jefferson or Burr

Chapter XV: Vice-President Burr

Chapter XVI: The Last Struggle for Power

Chapter XVII: Tragic Duel

Chapter XVIII: The Impeachment of Justice Chase

Chapter XIX: Backgrounds for the Conspiracy

Chapter XX: Western Journey

Chapter XXI: Never to Return

Chapter XXII: The Man Hunt Starts

Chapter XXIII: Dictatorship in New Orleans

Chapter XXIV: The Stage Is Set

Chapter XXV: Tried for Treason

Chapter XXVI: On Trial

Chapter XXVII: Man without a Country

Chapter XXVIII: Failure in France

Chapter XXIX: Declining Years

Notes

Bibliography

Index

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