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Collins, Paul, 1969- author.

Duel with the devil : the true story of how Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr teamed up to take on America's first sensational murder mystery / Paul Collins.

First edition.

New York : Crown Publishers, [2013]

©2013

viii, 289 pages : map ; 25 cm

Acclaimed historian Paul Collins' remarkable true account of a stunning turn-of-the-19th century murder and the trial that ensued--a showdown in which iconic political rivals Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr joined forces to make sure justice was done.-- Source other than Library of Congress.

Weeks, Levi -- Trials, litigation, etc.

Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804.

Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836.

Sands, Gulielma -- Death and burial.

Trials (Murder) -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 18th century.

True crime stories.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-279) and index.

Oregon Book Award for General Nonfiction, 2014.

The victim. The great sickness ; A boardinghouse by candlelight ; The young Quaker ; The black veil ; The mystery in the meadow -- The accused. Some person or persons as yet unknown ; The glooms of conscious night ; Whatever is boldly asserted ; A perfect monster ; The silent sleigh -- The trial. The American phenomena ; By the hollow stair ; The color of a horse in the night ; Asleep, seemingly ; The devil's advocate -- The verdict. Look upon the prisoner ; The catchpenny contrivance ; Every mark of a villain ; Duel at dawn ; A complicated evil.

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