A controversial challenge to the works of Ron Chernow and David McCullough, wWith
Fallen Founder, Nancy Isenberg plumbs rare and obscure sources to shed new light on everyone's favorite
founding villain. The
Aaron Burr whom we meet through Isenberg's eye-opening biography is a feminist, an Enlightenment figure on par with Jefferson, a patriot, and most importantly a man with powerful enemies in an age of vitriolic political fighting. Revealing the gritty reality of eighteenth-century America,
Fallen Founder is the authoritative restoration of a figure who ran afoul of history and a much-needed antidote to the hagiography of the revolutionary era.
Background Information
The Founding Fathers are those men who participated in the country's principal documents, primarily the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Aaron Burr's career range from high political power to the killing of Alexander Hamilton in a duel along with near treasonous activities.
