Product Description: Reprint edition of the first thorough study of Wilkinson's controversial life and career which lasted some forty years up to the end of the War of 1812. First published in 1941, the work attempted to discover the truth about Wilkinson's propensity for intrigue and many questionable activities involving business associates, government officials, and military colleagues, his contradictory and egotistical character and, of course, his involvement with the Burr conspiracy...read more