THE WIDE WORLD OF AARON BURR

by Helen Orlob ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 8, 1968

The confession that he had altered his child's letter, in order to boast about it, reveals Aaron Burr as clearly as anything he ever did or said. Consuming pride and a talent for deceit, the characteristics that were to wreck his life, led him to make that careful erasure."" A parenthetical quotation from the text, the above conveys the melodramatic orientation, casting Burr in the tradition of beady-eyed villain. Unlike the recent (p. 128, J-56) William Wise biography which probed the forces growing inside the man, this fails to trace developing character traits, preferring to point to early excesses by introducing his mother's letter documenting the need to ""control"" the two-year-old. Drawing upon many sources, The Wide World footnotes some quotations, often fails to identify others, and a casual reader may mistake constructed dialogue for the real thing. The idiomatic prose will further limit the audience.

Pub Date: April 8, 1968

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Westminster

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: April 1, 1968

Categories: NONFICTION