| Product Summary | | Format: Paperback | | ISBN: 9780143034759 | | Publisher: Penguin Books | | Publish Date: 3/29/2005 | | Buy.com Sku: 31039725 | | Item#: R2W37H | | Dimensions (in Inches) 9.25H x 6.25L x 1.5T | | Pages: 832 |
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Ron Chernow, the renowned author of Titan whom the New York Time has called "as elegant an architect of monumental histories as we’ve seen in decades," vividly re-creates the whole sweep of Alexander Hamilton’s turbulent life—his exotic, brutal upbringing; his titanic feuds with celebrated rivals; his pivotal role in defining the shape of the federal government and the American economy; his shocking illicit romances; his enlightened abolitionism; and his famous death in a duel with Aaron Burr in July 1804. Drawing upon extensive, unparalleled research— including nearly fifty previously undiscovered essays highlighting Hamilton’s fiery journalism as well as his revealing missives to colleagues and friends—this biography of the extraordinarily gifted founding father who galvanized, inspired, and scandalized the newborn nation is the work by which all others will be measured.
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In this monumental biography of Alexander Hamilton, Chernow recounts the public and private life of a brilliant, yet troubled, founding father, from the early tragedies of his childhood through the astounding, life-ending duel with Aaron Burr in 1804. Chernow tells how Hamilton, who came from the Caribbean to the colonies alone and virtually penniless, rose up to become successful in business and, later, was a trusted aide to General Washington. Chernow relates the private side of this loving if not totally loyal husband, who had a mistress known to all, and who feuded publicly with Thomas Jefferson over the form of government that was best for the new nation. Hamilton founded the Bank of New York as well as the New York Post newspaper. But he is perhaps remembered most for being the genius who wrote some of the best articles in the FEDERALIST PAPERS. In ALEXANDER HAMILTON, Chernow confirms why Hamilton is remembered as a great man, and why his face appears on the ten dollar bill.
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"By far the best of the many lives of Hamilton now in print, and a model of the biographer's art." 01/15/2004New York Times Book Review
"Other writers...have done better jobs describing Hamilton's political philosophy, but nobody has captured Hamilton himself as fully and as beautifully as Chernow." - David Brooks 04/25/2004 New York Review of Books
"Chernow's book is remarkable not for any new disclosures or novel interpretations, but for his unblinkered view of Hamilton's thought and behavior in a time that generated in him and so many others the capacity to do what none of them had previously dreamed of....It has been said that Hamilton was a great man, but not a great American. Chernow's Hamilton is both." 09/23/2004 Times Literary Supplement
"...Ron Chernow is the ideal Hamilton biographer..." - Robert R. Sullivan 09/24/2004 |
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