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by: Peter Gandy, M.R. Montgomery See Larger Image List Price: $9.95 Our Price: $7.96 You Save: $1.99 (20%) Prices subject to change. Third Party New Price: $7.96 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Binding: Kindle Edition Dewey Decimal Number: 973 Format: Kindle Book Label: Three Rivers Press Manufacturer: Three Rivers Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 352 Publication Date: February 05, 2002 Publisher: Three Rivers Press Release Date: February 05, 2002 Sales Rank: 37598 Studio: Three Rivers Press Editorial Review: Product Description: Contrary to popular opinion, the opening of the American frontier was not a simple land purchase; it was actually a hardscrabble fight. Even as Meriwether Lewis and William Clark set out on their legendary journey to the Pacific Ocean, other forces were taking the measure of the land with far darker ambitions. Aaron Burr, the charming and treacherous former vice president, determined that if he could not be master of his nation, he would instead become emperor of the next best thing: the Louisiana Territory. Slyly working with the powerful and ambitious commander of the U.S. Army, General James Wilkinson, Burr instigated a plot to seize not only Louisiana, but all of Mexico as well. Told from a time when the wildest plots and the most grandiose dreams thrived, as schemers and revolutionaries conspired to create a new country, Jefferson and the Gun-Men is the riveting tale of this unlikely story From the Trade Paperback edition. Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - An irreverant account of famous -- and infamous -- events The prinicple narrative thread in Montgomery's "Jefferson and the Gun-Men" is an irreverant account of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Do not expect "Heroic Explorers Contend Against the Wilderness"; rather, it is more like "Laurel and Hardy Go West". Although I would hesitate to take everything Montgomery states at face value -- I cannot but help think he was looking for drama, treachery, and sheer idiocy instead of straight history -- I do find his account useful in one primary regard: he interweaves ... Read More Rating: - Not well edited, so is it truthfully written? The basic story is intriguing and very gripping, but is it the truth? The book could have been wonderful, but is seriously flawed. Snippets of tales appear haphazardly, making the reading of it less flowing - and on two instances the facts were contrary to basic knowledge of any 6th grade student in history: 1.) Andrew Jackson was not destined to be President in 1820. (He took office in 1829, I recall without looking it up.) 2.) Thomas Jefferson was not the 2nd President. (What ever happened ... Read More Rating: - Witty, Irreverent Style Does not Make Up for other Weakness The first thing that grabs you about Montgomery's tome is his style -- his passages are witty, bordering on glib, and he is not burdened by a reverence for his subject matter that makes so many other histories rather dull. He has an obvious affection for some of his characters (such as Clark and Sacagawea), to be sure, but he also sees them as real people rather than demigods. Montgomery's savaging of other characters is a particular delight. This style is a plus, and makes for fun reading. But the book ... Read More Rating: - Fact Errors vs. spelling Errors Quite frankly I wish I had read the many other reviews before I invested in this book. The author makes much of correcting Clark's spelling errors, but his own errors reveal he did not go much beyond the spelling. Especially egregious is the one where he tells us that we cannot know from the jouurnals how many canoes were made by Lewis and Clark at the top of Great Falls. The number is given explicitly in the journal entries for three days: July 9, 10, and 14. Because of this I will try to find other books about Burr, ... Read More Rating: - Zebulon Pike was not a traitor I claim no special knowldge of Jefferson or General Wilkinson but I do when it comes to Zebulon Montgomery Pike. This book bristles with factual errors concerning this great American. The author apparently never visited Colorado or he would not claim that Pike never even saw the massif that was named for him. Pikes Peak can be seen for a hundred miles or more from the eastern prarie which was Pike's route along the Arkansas River. Pike wrote from South Park that he had continually seen what he called Grand Peak every day ... Read More see more Browse for similar items by category: Subjects Biographies & Memoirs Business & Investing Children's Books Comics & Graphic Novels