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Title: Duel: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Future of America by Thomas Fleming ISBN: 0-465-01737-1 Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: 05 September, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.07 (30 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Duel Makes History Come Alive
Comment: This is a great book because it really makes the historical figures discussed come alive. If you're the type of person who can't deal with seeing your personal historical heroes dissected, then this is not the book for you. Stick with haigiography. If, on the other hand, you have mature tastes and are ready for a "warts and all" approach, then dive into Duel. You'll learn that the true story behind the famous "interview at Weehawken" was much more complex than what you may have learned in school. Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr were all brilliant but flawed men. Hamilton was a notorious womanizer. Jefferson had trouble living up to his lofty rhetoric. Burr was too ambitious for his own good. The world of the early U.S. republic was too small for three such massive egos. This book, while it does not rehabilitate Burr completely, does help the reader understand why he killed Hamilton. In the end, these men are portrayed as they probably really were--human beings with foibles and flaws, not giants who loomed over the landscape like demigods. Far from being "fiction," this book is an example of how a skillful writer/historian can make an esoteric subject a fascinating case study but putting it in its proper context. If you have any interest at all in Hamilton, Burr, Jefferson or post-Revolutionary War history, do not miss Duel.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Great History Book!
Comment: Duel vividly tells one of the most interesting stories involving our founding fathers. Fleming take you through this fragile time in the history of our country. Instead of jumping into the duel, fleming leads up to it with backround information, newspaper accounts, and events leading up to it, giving the reader a sence that they know, and can identify with, Hamilton and Burr. Fleming shows his great writing ability that is also visable in his other 40 books. The first half of "Duel" is more about the electoral deadlock of 1801, and the 1804 new york governor's election than the deul itself. This might be boaring for some people, but I found it to be far more enjoyable that I would have thought.In fact, I urge fleming to write another book about either one of those topics. Mabey my favorite book!
Rating: 5
Summary: How little things change...
Comment: Reading about the drama of politics nearly two centuries ago really shows how little things change. Our founding fathers were wonderful men, but men all the same. A captivating and intelligent piece of literature.
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Title: Aaron Burr : Conspiracy to Treason by Buckner F. Melton Jr. ISBN: 047139209X Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 26 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: ALEXANDER HAMILTON, American by Richard Brookhiser ISBN: 0684863316 Publisher: Free Press Pub. Date: April, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Louisiana Purchase by Thomas Fleming ISBN: 0471267384 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 13 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Illusion of Victory: America in World War I by Thomas Fleming ISBN: 046502467X Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: 27 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson by Joseph J. Ellis ISBN: 0679764410 Publisher: Vintage Books Pub. Date: April, 1998 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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