Buckner F. Melton Books
A Hanging Offense
By Buckner F. Melton, Buckner F. Melton Jr.
"In 1842, the brig-of-war Somers set out on a training cruise for apprentice seamen, commanded by rising star Alexander Mackenzie. Somers was crammed with teenagers. Among them was Acting Midshipma...
Read MoreAaron Burr
Surveys the life of Aaron Burr, a hero of the American Revolution who later served as a senator from New York and Vice President under Jefferson, but who is best remembered for his duel with Alexan...
Read MoreThe First Impeachment
By Buckner F. Melton, Buckner F. Melton Jr.
Six years before Thomas Jefferson hired Meriwether Lewis to open the West, the Southwest Territory was seen by many as part of the natural westward expansion of the United States. William Blount (1...
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