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1. 1. Fallen Founder

   The Life of Aaron Burr

   

   A revisionist biography that traces the rise and fall of Aaron Burr, showing how partisan rivalries, personal ambition, and the volatile politics of the early republic turned a skilled lawyer, soldier, and politician into a national pariah. Drawing on letters and archival research, it follows his electoral victories and vice presidency, the fatal duel with Alexander Hamilton, and his later western schemes and sensational treason trial, arguing that his vilification owed as much to rival political narratives and historical memory as to his own actions. The book situates his life in the messy, often violent context of the Founding era and contends that his complicated legacy reveals how history elevates some founders while consigning others to infamy.

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