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Jefferson's vendetta : the pursuit of Aaron Burr and the judiciary / Joseph Wheelan.

Title
Jefferson's vendetta : the pursuit of Aaron Burr and the judiciary / Joseph Wheelan.
Author
Wheelan, Joseph.
Publication
New York : Carroll & Graf, c2005.

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Description
344 p., [8] p. of plates : ill.; 22 cm.
Summary
Examines one of the eminent political rivalries in our history, set against the backdrop of postcolonial Virginia, and discovers a truth vastly different from what is taught in high schools and universities. Here is Burr, the flawed but gifted politician who made powerful enemies because his charm and skill rivaled Jefferson's own, and who trusted the fairness of American democracy too deeply to rebut the wild criticisms aimed at him by slanderers in the U.S. government. Supreme Court chief justice John Marshall is also presented, who knew that he and his weakened federal judiciary could be redeemed by a few shrewdly considered words-or condemned by miscalculated ones-during America's first "trial of the century." Lastly, in vivid detail, is Jefferson, whose obsessive crusade to destroy Burr was undone by one mammoth but historically overlooked miscalculation. Eight pages of illustrations are featured in this detailed account of an historic reversal of roles.
Subject
  • Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836
  • Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836 > Trials, litigation, etc
  • Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
  • Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 > Political and social views
  • 1805-1807
  • Vice-presidents > United States > Biography
  • Burr Conspiracy, 1805-1807
Genre/Form
  • Biography
  • Biographies
  • Trials, litigation, etc.
  • Biographies.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-295) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
  • "Hand of malignity" -- Political maestro -- "Man whom his country delights to honor" -- Revolution's inspired wordsmith -- Embattled vice president -- Grand jury convenes -- "Most finished scoundrel" -- Burr expedition, and ruin
  • Landmark subpoena and indictments -- Eye of the storm -- Trial of the Century begins -- Eden and the serpent -- "Will o' the wisp treason" -- Marshall's ruling for the ages -- "Sort of drawn battle."
ISBN
0786714379
OCLC
  • 57369485
  • SCSB-9957205
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library