Rivals unto death: Hamilton and Burr
Biography, Politics and government biography
Human-narrated audio
Summary
When the most notorious duel in American history took place, Alexander Hamilton was 49, a former Treasury Secretary whose meteoric political rise had flamed out in the wake of a humiliating sex scandal. Vice President Aaron Burr was just a… year younger than Hamilton, at the top of a meteoric rise of his own in the nation's fledgling government. Explores the largely unknown three-decade dance that led to the infamous duel. Traces the rivalry back to the earliest days of the American Revolution, when both men--brilliant, restless, and barely twenty years old--elbowed their way onto the staff of General George Washington; follows them as they launch their competitive legal practices in New York City and through the insanity of the election of 1800, when Hamilton threw his support behind Thomas Jefferson in an effort to knock Burr out of the running for president; and takes them finally to the dueling grounds from which only one would emerge. 2017.