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Duel!
Burr and Hamilton's Deadly War of Words
By Fradin, Dennis Brindell
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-80279-583-0 978-0-80279-584-7
- Publisher
- Walker
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on July 1, 2008
Gr 3-6 Fradin's account of the Aaron Burr/Alexander Hamilton feud makes compelling, child-appropriate reading. The author vividly shows how some aspects of politics have not changed over the past 200 years, including negative campaigning and smear tactics. The account is short and fast moving with Fradin choosing key points in Hamilton's and Burr's lives that illustrate how they arrived at the duel. Describing events from their ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on July 1, 2008
On the verso, Aaron Burr takes aim, raising his large pistol: "As the sun rises on a July morning in 1804, two men stand ten paces apart on a New Jersey cliffside." The gun hovers over the text on the facing page, challenging the reader to examine the narrative within. After this compelling introduction, Fradin flashes back to the early years of Burr and Alexander Hamilton, what they had in common (unfortunate childhoods, service in the Revo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Starred Review on January 1, 2008
Concentrating on personalities rather than larger political questions, Fradin describes the early years of Burr and Hamilton, what the men had...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
