Burr (novel)
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Burr: A Novel is a 1973 historical novel by Gore Vidal that challenges the traditional Founding Fathers iconography of United States history, by means of a narrative that includes a fictional memoir b
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Aaron Burr, the Third U.S. Vice President, 1801–05 (John Vanderlyn, 1802)
The Burr–Hamilton Duel occurred on July 11, 1804 Illustration after painting "Ein Ehrenhandel", 1888 by Joseph Munsch (Austrian, 1832-1896)
Lincoln (novel)
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Lincoln: A Novel is a 1984 historical novel, part of the Narratives of Empire series by Gore Vidal. The novel describes the presidency of Abraham Lincoln and extends from the start of the American Civ
Burr (novel)
…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). Burr portrays the eponymous anti-hero as a…
Cover of the first edition
Portrait of Mary Todd Lincoln taken during 1860-65
John Booth, Lincoln's assassin
A bust of Abraham Lincoln