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Nathan Schachner. Aaron Burr: A Biography
Aaron Burr: A Biography
Table of Contents
Chapter I. ANCESTRAL VOICES
1. Respectable Burrs
2. The Odor of Sanctity
3. High Priest of Calvinism
4. The Daughter of Puritans
Chapter II. CHILDHOOD
1. A Son is Born
2. Swift Tragedy
3. Orphans
Chapter III. COLLEGE YEARS
1. The Insatiable Student
2. Myths in the Making
3. The Students Get Religion
4. Graduation
5. The Footsteps of His Fathers
6. Idyllic Interlude
Chapter IV. SWORDS AND BULLETS
1. The Call to Arms
2. On to Quebec
3. Siege and Assault
4. End of the Venture
5. Major Burr of the Staff
6. Burr Rescues a Brigade
7. Military Intelligence
Chapter V. THE WAR GOES ON
1. Promotion
2. Martinet Burr
3. Mutiny
4. Secret Service
5. No Man’s Land
6. Resignation
7. The War Horse Snuffs Battle
Chapter VI. PRELUDE TO LIFE
1. Courtship and Law Books
2. Special Dispensation
3. Theodosia Prevost Burr
4. Entering Wedge
Chapter VII. CHIEFLY LEGAL
1. Political Interlude
2. Practicing Attorney
3. Domesticity
Chapter VIII. THE POLITICIAN EMBARKED
1. Preview
2. Stepping-stone
3. Into the Arena
Chapter IX. THE GENTLEMAN FROM NEW YORK
1. Strictly Professional
2. Senatorial Duties
3. Eyes on New York
4. Burr Decides an Election
Chapter X. INTERMEDIATE YEARS
1. Hamilton Calls Names
2. Withdrawal and a Bargain
3. Richmond Hill and the Arts
4. Financial Legerdemain
5. Experiment in Education
6. Aspasia
Chapter XI. PARTY GROWTH
1. Republican Cockades
2. Almost Minister to France
3. The Jay Treaty
4. Republican Defeat
5. Virginia Breaks a Promise
Chapter XII. BURR STOOPS TO CONQUER
1. The Lowly Assemblyman
2. Almost a Brigadier
3. Strange Bedfellows
4. The Holland Land Company
5. Watering a Bank
6. The Pot and the Kettle
Chapter XIII. THE SECOND AMERICAN REVOLUTION
1. Burr Drafts a Ticket
2. Tammany Marches to the Polls
3. Clinton or Burr?
4. Hamilton Writes a Pamphlet
5. Downfall of Federalism
Chapter XIV. JEFFERSON OR BURR
1. Premonitory Murmurs
2. The Federalists Take Stock
3. Republican Fears
4. The House Votes
5. The House Elects
6. Cause and Effects
Chapter XV. VICE-PRESIDENT BURR
1. Pride Goeth
2. The Spoils of Office
3. Grim Prospects and Idle Dalliance
4. The Judiciary Bill
5. Sundry Errors in Tactics
Chapter XVI. THE LAST STRUGGLE FOR POWER
1. Escape Fantasies
2. Jefferson in the Saddle
3. Burr for Governor
Chapter XVII. TRAGIC DUEL
1. Provocation
2. Apologia
3. Pistols for Two; Coffee for One
4. Indicted for Murder
5. Southern Journey
Chapter XVIII. THE IMPEACHMENT OF JUSTICE CHASE
1. Jefferson Suddenly Courts Burr
2. Trial and Acquittal
3. A Long Farewell
4. L’Envoi
Chapter XIX. BACKGROUNDS FOR THE CONSPIRACY
1. Westward the Course of Empire
2. Hamilton and Miranda
3. Foreign Aid
4. Creole Grievances
5. “The Finished Scoundrel”
Chapter XX. WESTERN JOURNEY
1. Houseboat on the Ohio
2. Yrujo Starts a Backfire
3. Finances
4. Recruiting
5. Plot and Counterplot
Chapter XXI. NEVER TO RETURN
1. The Fatal Cipher
2. The Bastrop Purchase
3. The Cat Jumps
4. The Betrayal
Chapter XXII. THE MAN HUNT STARTS
1. Accusations in Kentucky
2. Action in Washington
3. Attack on the Island
4. Odyssey
Chapter XXIII. DICTATORSHIP IN NEW ORLEANS
1. Gooseflesh and Sword Rattling
2. Surrender in Mississippi
3. Vindication
4. Escape and Arrest
5. Via Dolorosa
Chapter XXIV. THE STAGE IS SET
1. Convicted in Advance
2. Preliminary Trials
Chapter XXV. TRIED FOR TREASON
1. The Titans Gather
2. Marshall Defines Treason
3. Court Convenes
4. The President is Subpoenaed
5. The Mammoth of Iniquity
6. The Grand Jury Indicts
Chapter XXVI. ON TRIAL
1. Oranges and Jail
2. Arrest of Testimony
3. The Misdemeanor Is Tried
4. Further Commitment
5. Mob Spirit
Chapter XXVII. MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY
1. Flight
2. England Is Not Interested
3. The Grand Tour
4. Swedish Journey
5. Hamlet and Goethe
Chapter XXVIII. FAILURE IN FRANCE
1. Proposals to Napoleon
2. Desperate Straits
3. England Again
4. Exile’s Return
Chapter XXIX. DECLINING YEARS
1. Double Tragedy
2. The Eden Case
3. Of Many Matters
4. Old and Wealthy Woman
5. Finale
6. L’Envoi
Footnote
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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