He wrote 23 novels, five plays, many screenplays, short stories, well over 200 essays, and a memoir. Vidal moves seamlessly back and forth from the turbulent revolutionary years of our republic through the. Pamela joy read burr a novel by gore vidal available from rakuten kobo. The book was written shortly after vidal had his infamous onscreen feud with william f. Burr was a scoundrel, but a somewhat charming one at that. It was a finalist for the national book award in 1974. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. In 1804, while serving as vice president, aaron burr fought a duel with his political nemesis, alexander hamilton, and killed him. Vidal s novel goes a long way in humanizing burr, but does not necessarily minimize his notoriety. Okay he only admits to errors and anachronisms, but sides himself with richard nixon in the process. Novel 1 in the 7novel narratives of empire series, named the american. Click download or read online button to get gore vidal book now. Gore vidal s myra breckinridge by vidal, gore, 1925publication date 1968 publisher. Gore vidal tells the story of aaron burr through a young journalist, charlie schuyler not one of the schuylers, who downloads burr s version of his career in the months before his death in 1836.
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