Thomas Fleming's Duel: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr and the Future of America, is a story about how politics can turn the most intelligent men into beings they may not actually be. Throughout the story it becomes clear that the author, Thomas Fleming is blatantly biased. It becomes obvious that Fleming not only nurtures a hatred for Alexander Hamilton but the late president Thomas Jefferson. While one could argue that facts are facts the evidence shows that this champion of this so called argument between burr and Hamilton was nothing short premeditated. Fleming seemed intent on blasting his opinion throughout the story without referring to possible explanations for the opposing side and creates an illogical mess. Even I struggled to tolerate the unfairness that came out of Fleming’s mouth thus making it difficult to complete the book.

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Also he launched what looked like an attack based on religious conflict involving Hamilton; this attack was spoken with a tone that made this appear to be a personal attack. It was clear that Fleming found great pleasure in locating and presenting all of Hamilton’s flaws, but yet found it appropriate to conceal some of Burr’s. This approach was so strong that it intruded on the story.
Fleming also attempted to fool readers into thinking Burr had a much greater impact on the country than advertised. While it would not be fair to say that Hamilton was not covered; most of his content goes through his political defeats and his absolute hatred towards burr. Regardless, its clear that the story revolves around the murderer of Hamilton, burr. The argument could be made that this due to the fact that burr survived and Hamilton died, the facts simply do not add