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Fallen Founder: The Life of Aaron Burr
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Fallen Founder: The Life of Aaron Burr Paperback - 2008

by Nancy Isenberg

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Painting Aaron Burr as a hero of the Revolutionary War, the definitive biography overturns the myths and images many people have of him. 16 photos. 4 maps.

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A controversial challenge to the works of Ron Chernow and David McCullough

With Fallen Founder , Nancy Isenberg plumbs rare and obscure sources to shed new light on everyone?s favorite founding villain. The Aaron Burr whom we meet through Isenberg?s eye-opening biography is a feminist, an Enlightenment figure on par with Jefferson, a patriot, and?most importantly?a man with powerful enemies in an age of vitriolic political fighting. Revealing the gritty reality of eighteenth-century America, Fallen Founder is the authoritative restoration of a figure who ran afoul of history and a much-needed antidote to the hagiography of the revolutionary era.

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From the author of White Trash and The Problem of Democracy, a controversial challenge to the views of the Founding Fathers offered by Ron Chernow and David McCullough

Lin-Manuel Miranda's play "Hamilton" has reignited interest in the founding fathers; and it features Aaron Burr among its vibrant cast of characters. With Fallen Founder, Nancy Isenberg plumbs rare and obscure sources to shed new light on everyone's favorite founding villain. The Aaron Burr whom we meet through Isenberg's eye-opening biography is a feminist, an Enlightenment figure on par with Jefferson, a patriot, and--most importantly--a man with powerful enemies in an age of vitriolic political fighting. Revealing the gritty reality of eighteenth-century America, Fallen Founder is the authoritative restoration of a figure who ran afoul of history and a much-needed antidote to the hagiography of the revolutionary era.

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  • Title Fallen Founder: The Life of Aaron Burr
  • Author Nancy Isenberg
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 560
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 2008-05-01
  • Features Index, Maps, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780143113713 / 0143113712
  • Weight 1.08 lbs (0.49 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.45 x 5.54 x 1.14 in (21.46 x 14.07 x 2.90 cm)
  • Age range 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 18th Century
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Chronological Period: 1800-1850
  • Category Biography / Autobiography
  • Library of Congress subjects Soldiers - United States, United States - History - Revolution,
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

Media reviews

' Isenberg's meticulous biography reveals a gifted lawyer, politicianand orator who championed civility in government and evenfeminist ideals, in a political climate that bears a marked resemblanceto our own.'
The Washington Post

' Full of insight and new research. It is an important and engagingaccount.'
The New York Times Book Review

'[A] sterling biography.'
The Boston Globe

Citations

  • New York Times Book Review, 05/25/2008, Page 20

About the author

Nancy Isenberg is the author of the New York Times bestseller White Trash: The 400-year untold history of class in America. She is the coauthor, with Andrew Burstein, of Madison and Jefferson. She is the T. Harry Williams Professor of American History at LSU, and writes regularly for Salon.com. Isenberg is the winner of the 2016 Walter & Lillian Lowenfels Criticism Award from the Before Columbus Foundation and was #4 on the 2016 Politico 50 list. She lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Charlottesville, Virginia.

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