Burr
The scandalous life of Aaron Burr—duelist, vice president, accused traitor, and America's most notorious founding villain.
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Chapters
12 total- 01Chapter One - Son of Fire and Brimstone
- 02Chapter Two - The Climb Begins
- 03Chapter Three - Power and Vice
- 04Chapter Four - The Duel That Shook the World
- 05Chapter Five - Fugitive Statesman
- 06Chapter Six - The Burr Conspiracy
- 07Chapter Seven - Exile and Infamy
- 08Chapter Eight - Love, Loss, and the Pirate Daughter
- 09Chapter Nine - Final Schemes
- 10Chapter Ten - Death of a King Without a Crown
- 11Chapter Eleven - Legacy of the Traitor King
- 12Chapter Twelve - The Ghost in the Republic
Edition notes and short pages
Burr
Burr
America’s First Supervillain
by James Johnson
Dedication
To every villain who told the truth too soon.
History hates you, but it never forgets.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
THANKS TO ALEXANDER Hamilton for talking too much.
Thanks to Thomas Jefferson for being so damn fake.
And thanks to Aaron Burr for being the American dream with the mask ripped off.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
JJ IS THE author of over 250 books that dig up the past and throw it in your face.
From emperors to outlaws, from billionaires to biblical legends, he writes to torch the myths and show you what power really looks like.
He does not write textbooks.
He writes Trojan Horses.
You’ve been warned.
COPYRIGHT
© 2025 JAMES JOHNSON. All rights reserved.
No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means — electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise — without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations used in reviews or scholarly works.
This is a work of nonfiction, but some dialogue and internal thoughts have been reconstructed for narrative flow. All known facts are true, but history has gaps, and Burr was the kind of man who lived in them.