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Burr (1973), by Gore Vidal, is a historical novel that challenges the traditional founding-fathers iconography of United States history, by means of a narrative that includes a fictional memoir, by Aaron Burr, in representing the people, politics, Read More..

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Description	Burr (1973), by Gore Vidal, is a historical novel that challenges the traditional founding-fathers iconography of United States history, by means of a narrative that includes a fictional memoir, by Aaron Burr, in representing the people, politics, and events of the U.S. in the early nineteenth century. Burr (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)In the careers of his life, Aaron Burr was the third Vice President of the United States (1801–05), an officer in the Continental Army, during the American War of Independence (1775–83), a lawyer (1782), and a United States Senator from the State of New York (1791–97). In consequence to political and personal enmity, while he was Vice President, Burr killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel on 11 July 1804.The Columbia Encyclopedia, Fifth Edition (1993) p. 401. After public life, he was embroiled in the Burr Plot (1807), and was acquitted of treason against the United States; then, in Europe, he failed to obtain Napoleonic military aid to conquer Spanish Florida. In 1812, Burr returned to the United States, and practiced law in New York City, until his death in 1836.The New Encyclopædia Britannica,volume 2, Fifteenth Edition (1993) p. 664.Burr is the first book of the seven-novel series, Narratives of Empire, with which Gore Vidal examined, explored, and explained the imperial history of the United States; chronologically, the six other historical novels of the series are Lincoln (1984), 1876 (1976), Empire (1987), Hollywood (1990), Washington, D.C. (1967), and The Golden Age (2000).Vidal, Gore. (2006) Point to Point Navigation: A Memoir, 1964 to 2000, p. 123.
Description	Burr (1973), by Gore Vidal, is a historical novel that challenges the traditional founding-fathers iconography of United States history, by means of a narrative that includes a fictional memoir, by Aaron Burr, in representing the people, politics, and events of the U.S. in the early nineteenth century. Burr (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)In the careers of his life, Aaron Burr was the third Vice President of the United States (1801–05), an officer in the Continental Army, during the American War of Independence (1775–83), a lawyer (1782), and a United States Senator from the State of New York (1791–97). In consequence to political and personal enmity, while he was Vice President, Burr killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel on 11 July 1804.The Columbia Encyclopedia, Fifth Edition (1993) p. 401. After public life, he was embroiled in the Burr Plot (1807), and was acquitted of treason against the United States; then, in Europe, he failed to obtain Napoleonic military aid to conquer Spanish Florida. In 1812, Burr returned to the United States, and practiced law in New York City, until his death in 1836.The New Encyclopædia Britannica,volume 2, Fifteenth Edition (1993) p. 664.Burr is the first book of the seven-novel series, Narratives of Empire, with which Gore Vidal examined, explored, and explained the imperial history of the United States; chronologically, the six other historical novels of the series are Lincoln (1984), 1876 (1976), Empire (1987), Hollywood (1990), Washington, D.C. (1967), and The Golden Age (2000).Vidal, Gore. (2006) Point to Point Navigation: A Memoir, 1964 to 2000, p. 123.

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Name	Burr
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Authors	Gore Vidal
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Genre	Historical novel
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Series	Narratives of Empire
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Language	English
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Country	United States
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Pages	430 pp
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Media_type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
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Isbn	0-394-48024-4
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Oclc	658914
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Publisher	Random House
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