Fatal Friendship: Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr

Arnold Rogow

ISBN 10: 0809016214 / ISBN 13: 9780809016211

Published by Hill and Wang, 1999

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Very light edge wear to the wraps. Otherwise a clean, unmarked copy with no spine creases.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fatal Friendship: Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr
• Publisher: Hill and Wang
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0809016214
• ISBN 13: 9780809016211
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • American History

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Synopsis

A dramatic reinterpretation of the duel that shocked America.

For almost two centuries, historians have struggled to explain the extraordinary duel that killed Alexander Hamilton, our first Secretary of the Treasury, and ended Vice President Aaron Burr's political career. In A Fatal Friendship, the distinguished political scientist Arnold A. Rogow demonstrates for the first time that the roots of the fatal encounter lay not in Burr's (admittedly flawed) political or private conduct but rather in Hamilton's conflicted history and character.

With his detailed archival research, his close (and unprecedented) examination of the friendship between the two heroic figures, and his bold, imaginative writing, Rogow changes forever our understanding of honor, politics, and friendship in the early American Republic.

About the Author

Arnold A. Rogow has taught at Stanford University, the University of Iowa, and the City University of New York. He is the author of many books, including James Forrestal: A Study of Personality, Politics, and Policy. He lives in New York City.