James E. Lewis (1) (1964–)
Autor de The Burr Conspiracy: Uncovering the Story of an Early American Crisis
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Obras de James E. Lewis
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
Miembros
Reseñas
Premios
Estadísticas
- Obras
- 4
- Miembros
- 108
- Popularidad
- #179,297
- Valoración
- 5.0
- Reseñas
- 2
- ISBNs
- 12
That was before the ongoing Russia Trump hoax put the Burr conspiracy in the shade but even so it holds a solid second position on the list of American political scandals. I tucked that little nugget away in my memory and when I came across this book in Haslim's Bookstore in St. Petersburg, Florida I was sure I would buy it. Flipping it open the first thing I saw was a two page spread photo of a still undeciphered conspirators' message. At that point I had to buy the book.
The main problem with a book on the Burr conspiracy is that very little is definitely known about it and the reader may get stuck with a book that either gives an overly academic treatment of ancillary issues or the authorial equivalent of thespian hedge-eating. This book does neither and likely will stand as the definitive analysis for many decades to come, if not forever in my opinion. The author takes the few details we know certainly about the event and coaxes from them the only plausible narrative possible. Along the way we get a clearer picture of contemporary American society and its institutions than we are likely to get in a direct and turgid generalized study.… (más)