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Nancy isenberg books5/12/2023 Nancy Isenberg.in her fascinating new biography, Fallen Founder, argues that Burr has been misunderstood, and underappreciated, for two centuries. Isenberg teaches courses on gender, film and legal history. Nancy Isenberg is Professor of History at Louisiana State University and the author of books and articles on American politics and culture. 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. 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. With Fallen Founder, Nancy Isenberg plumbs rare and obscure sources to shed new light on everyone's favorite founding villain.
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