Leading Characters xiii
Part I
1(204)
1 The Dark Star of the Founding
3(10)
2 Do Not Play the Fool with His Name
13(13)
3 The Duel
26(18)
4 On the Frontier
44(11)
5 The Restless West
55(17)
6 Vice President Burr
72(16)
7 "I...Shall Seek Another Country"
88(9)
8 The Adventure Begins
97(9)
9 Early Doubts
106(10)
10 On the World Stage
116(8)
11 Burr's Threats
124(10)
12 The Baron of the Ouachita Valley
134(9)
13 The Western World Ignites
143(8)
14 High Water Mark
151(8)
15 Dancing on the Sabine
159(9)
16 The Daveiss Factor
168(9)
17 Escape from Blennerhassett Island
177(9)
18 Wilkinson Unchained
186(7)
19 Burr in Chains
193(12)
Part II
205(102)
20 When Cousins Collide
209(11)
21 What Is Treason?
220(6)
22 Sympathy for Villainy
226(13)
23 A Mammoth of Iniquity
239(8)
24 Searching for an Overt Act
247(12)
25 A Drawn Battle
259(12)
26 To Britain
271(13)
27 On the Continent
284(10)
28 The History of Thy Crimes
294(13)
Acknowledgments 307(2)
Appendix 1 The Cipher Letter 309(4)
Appendix 2 Indictment, United States v. Aaron Burr 313(4)
Appendix 3 United States Constitution, Article III, Section 3 (Treason Clause) 317(2)
Notes 319(70)
Illustration Credits 389(2)
Index 391