Alexander Hamilton
The #1 New York Times bestseller, and the inspiration for the hit Broadway musical Hamilton!
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow presents a landmark biography of Alexander Hamilton, the Founding Father who galvanized, inspired, scandalized, and shaped the newborn nation.
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An outstanding, well-rounded biography. Our founding fathers were not gods, Revolutionary heroes - certainly. But they were flawed humans, just as our leaders are today.
I guess politics has always been politics. What this book did give me is hope. I no longer feel like we are sinking to an all-time low. There always was and always will be controversy. Egos and self-promotion are always going to be part of the equation.
Even the short description...read more
I guess politics has always been politics. What this book did give me is hope. I no longer feel like we are sinking to an all-time low. There always was and always will be controversy. Egos and self-promotion are always going to be part of the equation.
Even the short description...read more
I was unexpectedly affected by this book (spoiler: Hamilton dies), which I didn't expect to be. I definitely never thought that I would be reading an 800-page biography about some old dead guy, but here we are. Hamilton was pretty much a genius (but also an idiot when it came to common sense), Jefferson sucked, Washington was so very human, and basically everyone was a drama queen. I never knew there was that much petty drama and infighting going...read more
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