Lucas, Eileen.

The Aaron Burr treason trial : a headline court case / Eileen Lucas. - Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow Publishers, c2003. - 112 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Headline court cases .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 109) and index.

Prisoner! -- Lawyer and politician -- The first trip West -- The Burr war -- The trial -- Significance of the trial -- After the trial.

Discusses the treason trial of Aaron Burr, who had served as vice-president under Jefferson and stood accused of trying to start a war between the United States and Spain for his own enrichment.

0766017656 (hardcover)

2002012520


Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836 --Trials, litigation, etc.--Juvenile literature.
Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836 --Trials, litigation, etc.


Trials (Treason)--United States--Juvenile literature.
Trials (Treason)
Vice-Presidents.

KF223.B8 / L83 2003

345.73