American Emperor by David O. Stewart
Stewart holds no punches as he shares the facts he has collected and recounted in this 200 year old legal thriller. While courtroom drama and actual procedure have changed much since the early nineteenth century, the performance of John Marshall, premier Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Thomas Jefferson, one of the most genteel and politically active (though he'd deny it from the grave) of our presidents and of Aaron Burr himself are like watching Law and Order tonight.
Was Burr a scoundrel or a hero? Could Burr have taken Mexico if Andrew Jackson would have delivered his militia to him? Would the entire western territories have made a good confederacy separate from the eastern states, as Jefferson said they might?
Secession in 1807? Prepare to be amazed at what you may not know of your countries history!
-Ken
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