Remembered for killing treasury secretary Alexander Hamilton in a duel. Recounting his political rise and downfall. This was recorded at the gallery of art in washington, d. C. In 201 2012. Thank you for having me back. Im delighted to speak here. I always like to speak in washington, where the audiences are well informed and engaged, but having just finished teaching a semester and for the year at the university of texas, im always delighted to speak to an audience of people who dont have to be here. There will be no test. I say this sincerely. Im very flattered that you took the time and took your evening to come listen to me. And i try to i think that my student, by and large, are interested in the subject but i know perfectly well that if they didnt have tests, if they didnt have papers, that they werent held accountable, then most of the seats would be empty. So none of you have to be here, but you did come. I find that to be very flattering. I could, i suppose, give you a test at
Flattered that you took the time, took your evening to come listen to me. I try to i think that my students by and large are interested in the subject but i know perfectly well that if they didnt have tests, didnt have papers, if they werent held accountable then most of the seats would be empty. None of you had to be here but you did. Come. I find that to be very flattering. I could, i suppose, give you a test at the end. The title of my talk, which i had forgotten until jamie just mentioned it is the unknown aaron burr. I am going to tell you about aaron burr and tell you why i wrote about a back about aaron burr. The title is the heartbreak of aaron burr. I will tell you about the heart break but i cant tell you the whole story without giving away the ending. I dont want to give away the ending because i will tell you why. It is not just that i want you to buy the book and read the book and enjoy it and hang around until the ends. But it has to do with the reason i wrote the book in
Supposed to be a test at the end. The title of my talk on which i forgot until jamie just mentioned is the unknown aaron burr. Im going to tell you what i read a book about aaron burr. The title of my book is called the heartbreak of aaron burr. I cant tell you the whole story without giving away the ending. I dont want to give away the ending because its not just that i want you to buy the book and read the book and enjoy it and hang around till the end, but it has to do with the reason i wrote the book in the first place. This goes back to my experience of writing, my experience of reading and in particular, my experience of listening to a question that my mother has een put into me for the last 23 or 24 years. And the question i would get to in a moment. But it goes to the heart of why people wait and why people read. I teach history at the university of texas. I also teach writing. I teach writing to graduate students bear the graduate students in my writing seminar also completed
Subject, but i know perfectly well that if they did not have tests or papers, if they were not held accountable, none of the seats would be empty. None of you have to be here, but you did come, so i find that very flattering. I could, i suppose, give you a test at the end. The title of my talk, which i forgot until jamie just mentioned it is the unknown aaron burr. I will read a bit about my book about aaron burr. The title of my book is called the heartbreak of aaron burr. Whole story you the without giving away the ending. I dont want to give away the ending because its not just that i want you to buy the book and read the book and enjoy it and hang around till the end, but it has to do with the reason i wrote the book in the first place. This goes back to my experience of writing, my experience of reading and in particular, my experience of listening to a question that my mother has been for the last 23 or 24 years. The question i will get to in a moment, but it goes to the heart of
Robert Crosser, the head of the Fort Bend County Historical Commission’s cemetery committee, has seen much in his 93 years and speaks with a certain amount of fatalism about historical