[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] announcer: next on history bookshelf, john cedric talks -- john sedwig talks about his

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] announcer: next on history bookshelf, john cedric talks -- john sedwig talks about his book, "war of two: alexander hamilton, aaron burr, and the duel that stunned the nation." the massachusetts historical society hosted this talk in 2015. it is about 15 minutes. it is amazing what territory people think happen inr many times will produce the eyes of a new resource or. -- a new researcher. while researching an earlier book about his family history, every speaker this evening was given a remarkable letter written by alexander hamilton great rateat john's john'srandfather -- great great great grandfather received what may have been the last letter alexander hamilton ever wrote. while this letter has been little appreciated by historians, our speaker has come to believe that more than any other single document, it describes hamiltons reasons for risking his own life to end burrs. inspiration for john's book which we learn more about tonight. that was inspired was "war of two." review, a writer said, john writes brilliantly. privately ha