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Roger Kennedy
Burr, Hamilton, and Jefferson
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INTROBurr, Hamilton,
and Jefferson
During his turbulent political career, Aaron Burr was a central figure in the
founding of the American Republic. A man of wide interests and varied acquaintances,
a war hero, senator, and vice president, he traveled the American continent
more than any other Founder. Yet his bitter contest for power, first with Hamilton
and then with Jefferson, culminated in a duel that destroyed his public life.
In a thought-provoking lecture, Roger Kennedy, director emeritus of the National Museum of American History, examines the personal qualities of these three men and offers a new insight into the characters of each.
Based upon the judgments of their contemporaries--John and Abigail Adams, John Jay, and John Marshall--and his own personal experience of national government, Mr. Kennedy assesses Burr, Hamilton, and Jefferson, not as villains or heroes, but rather as ambitious patriots, endowed with genius, and all-too-human character flaws.Roger Kennedy, former director of the National Park Service, has served six presidents in 50 years of public life and is author of Burr, Hamilton, and Jefferson: A Study in Character (Oxford University Press).
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