Cipher Code of Dishonor, Aaron Burr, an American Enigma: Trinity: The Burrs versus Alexander Hamilton and the United States of America [Paperback]

Alan J. Clark (Primary Contributor, Contributor)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 28, 2005

Trinity: The Burrs versus Alexander Hamilton and the United States of America will be the first book to draw on unreported documents and genealogical information to reveal an unprecedented look into the relationships of Aaron Burr, Alexander Hamilton, Trinity Church Corporation and the Loyalists of Manhattan Island. Author Alan J. Clark shows in new perspective the battles and intrigues leading beyond the American Revolutionary War. With the melding of genealogy and timeline analysis Clark examines some of the intriguing ciphered letters of Aaron Burr to his daughter Theodosia, and looks again at Burr's curious and complex war time exploits to determine where his Loyalist tendencies actually began. Clark further examines the land leases then traded prior, during, and after the war as speculation, or possibly as rewards from the English Crown for services performed in its favor in the colonies primarily through the Corporation of Trinity Church. The economics of early Manhattan and the Atlantic colonies were bolstered by the complex and secular behavior of the Corporation of Trinity Church acting as land bank for the Loyalists to the Throne of England.Clark appears to fill in the gaps in many recently published tomes by delving deeper into the actions of Burr and Hamilton, examining their extensive familial connections and behaviors to arrive at a complex web of intricacy bringing to life American History at its most personal level. This book does not reiterate the well worn paths of American History. Instead, it brings a crisp new approach that makes sense of seemingly insignificant, disjointed and inconsistent stories of the early history of our country.

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About the Author

Author, Alan J. Clark, M.D., is a graduate of the class of 1968 from Yale University with classmate, President George W. Bush. He graduated with the honor of cum laude from The Phillips Exeter Academy; among alumni are authors Gore Vidal and Dan Brown. He had the pleasure of knowing his parents'''' friend Marjorie Mosser Ellis, niece and secretary of author Kenneth Roberts, whose book Arundel antedates the account by Clark of the American attack on Quebec in 1775.A career board certified ophthalmologist Clark interned at the Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine and completed his residency at the Albany, N.Y. Medical Center receiving his medical degree at Yale Medical School. An early proponent of antioxidant therapy during his career, Clark''''s practice included many original surgical techniques including temporal wounds to reduce astigmatism in cataract surgery and he embraced early use of outpatient surgery, phacoemulsification and scleral tunnel incisions into his community.Encouraged to publish the first enumeration of the casualties of the first battle of the French and Indian Wars, the Battle of Lake George in l755, Clark went on to publish numerous accounts of Loyalist and American ancestors during the American Revolution and War of 1812, both of soldiers and sailors.This current work represents the first attempt by any author to completely decipher the letters of Aaron Burr and his family and contemporaries revealing a totally new interpretation of the role of American Loyalists during the formation of the United States.

Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: AuthorHouse (August 28, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1420846388
• ISBN-13: 978-1420846386
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,855,027 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow! What an interesting discovery., September 13, 2005

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CKC (New Smyrna Beach, Florida USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cipher Code of Dishonor, Aaron Burr, an American Enigma: Trinity: The Burrs versus Alexander Hamilton and the United States of America (Paperback)

Unbelievable. I was looking for a book to read to

pass the time during a vacation at my parent's place.

My dad (<--a history buff) said I (<--not so much a

history buff) would enjoy reading this book even if I

didn't have anything more than a basic high school

class understanding of the American Revolutionary War.

Wow, was I shocked at the interesting and intriguing

facts and perspectives the author revealed on the

loyalists, Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton, as well

as the land holdings of the Trinity Church. I could

NOT put this book down. I have never read nor heard

of such a juicy bit of information on the beginnings

of our Country and the Loyalists who tried to thwart

the efforts of the Rebels. Thank God for Alexander

Hamilton. If Aaron Burr was allowed to act on his

sneaky little ways, we wouldn't be where we are today

as citizens of the United States, but rather we would

be citizens of Great Britain.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars History reinterpreted with new evidence!, August 8, 2006

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marco "kittie" (florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cipher Code of Dishonor, Aaron Burr, an American Enigma (Hardcover)

Based on facts little known or revealed elsewhere

Clark, the author, advances a theory novel to American

History that Aaron Burr was a loyalist throughout his

life, even during the Revolutionary War, wherein he is

most commonly thought an American hero. Using

genealogy, land deeds and leases Clark finds

connections to the British hitherto ignored by

Historians. This book is not a rehash of current

accepted American history. His interpretation of

Aaron Burr's own coded letters in his published

Memoirs fall in neatly with this theory. He gives new

political meaning to the duel between Aaron Burr and

Alexander Hamilton beyond a trifling slight. He even

points the reader toward an interpretation of current

events with roots in the Loyalist American cause.

This book will make you think that history may still

be ripe for reinterpretation.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars New slant on Burr using his own letters and other overlooked documents, August 7, 2006

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History buff (new york, ny usa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cipher Code of Dishonor, Aaron Burr, an American Enigma (Hardcover)

I read this book through in one sitting because it covered strikingly different ground from that in standard history books. Translating Burr's ciphered letters for the first time and relating them to events of the era, the author has uncovered Burr's collaboration with the British during the Revolution and his subsequent intentions to undermine the fledgling American democracy. Using original land deeds of the era as evidence, the author presents a powerful rationale for Burr's misdeeds. This is a thought provoking work to read and discuss with others who enjoy history and its rogue protagonists.