Rick Beyer with Rivals Unto Death: Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr

Hear from this New York Times best-selling author, an award-winning documentary filmmaker about his most recent book, Rivals Unto Death, a vivid retelling of the Hamilton-Burr rivalry. You may know that Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr faced-off in America’s most famous duel and that they star in Lin Manuel Miranda’s breakout Broadway play, Hamilton, which is coming to the small screen from Disney in early July; but do you know what really prompted the sitting Vice President of the United States and the former Treasury Secretary to settle their differences with guns blazing? Rick Beyer’s Rivals Unto Death explores the intricate thirty-year rivalry that led to their deadly encounter, following them through battlefields, courtrooms, bedrooms, and arguably the wildest presidential election in history — all the way to their day of destiny in Weekhawken, New Jersey.

Rick Beyer is a New York Times best-selling author, an award-winning documentary filmmaker, and a longtime history enthusiast. He co-authored (with Elizabeth Sayles) The Ghost Army of World War II and produced the companion PBS documentary that has been seen in more than 30 countries. He has made films for The History Channel, A&E, and National Geographic, and penned the popular Greatest Stories Never Told series of history books. He is currently host of the weekly Facebook/Youtube livecast History Happy Hour.