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War of two : Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the duel that stunned the nation / John Sedgwick.
Van Pelt Library E302.6.H2 S27 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sedgwick, John, 1954- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Burr-Hamilton Duel, Weehawken, N.J., 1804.
- Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804.
- Hamilton, Alexander.
- Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836.
- Burr, Aaron.
- United States--Politics and government--1801-1809.
- United States.
- Politics and government.
- New Jersey--Weehawken.
- Physical Description:
- xxiii, 455 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Berkley Books, 2015.
- Summary:
- Examines the rivalry between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, whose infamous duel left the Founding Father dead and turned a sitting vice-president into a fugitive.
- Contents:
- Part I. The roots of hatred
- In the hands of an angry God
- Contentment
- Platonic love is arrant nonsense
- The prodictious glare of almost perpetual lightning
- Refinement
- In the roseate bowers of Cupid
- Six slayloads of bucks and belles
- Holy ground
- A fever for war
- Liberty or death
- When in the course of human events
- The Malcolms
- A lady with a beautiful waist
- Beauty is woman's sceptre
- The Schuylers
- But a single word, Burr
- A little sorceress
- In ill humour with everything but thee
- Part II. The battle is joined
- Commentaries on the laws of England
- Children of a larger growth
- Come my charmer and relieve me
- You will become all that I wish
- Two men of politics
- A dreaded dilemma
- To a mind like his nothing comes amiss
- Another long nose
- And we had a bank
- Botanizing
- Embryo-Caesar
- Other than pecuniary consolation
- Sober among the drunks
- I have been so cruelly treated
- Louis Capet has lost his caput
- The best woman and finest lady I have ever known
- Root out the distempered and noisome weed
- Part III. To the death
- To fight the whole detestable faction
- The bubble of speculation is burst
- An absolute and abominable lie
- Strut is good for nothing
- The lady in the well
- The fangs of Jefferson
- The gigg is up
- A damn'd rascal
- Tant mieux
- A still more despicable opinion
- Part IV. And then there was one
- Have no anxiety about the issue of this business
- A good many incidents to amuse one
- Motives of profound political importance
- A terrible whirlpool, threatening everything
- A slight expression of contempt
- G.H. Edwards
- In the end.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-434) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781592408528
- 1592408524
- OCLC:
- 912045287
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