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Alexander Hamilton (2004) (edit title/settings)

by Ron Chernow (Author) (edit contributors)

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From National Book Award winner Ron Chernow, a landmark biography of Alexander Hamilton, the Founding Father who galvanized, inspired, scandalized, and shaped the newborn nation. Ron Chernow, whom the New York Times called "as elegant an architect of monumental histories as we've seen... read more

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Alexander Hamilton claimed Nevis in the British West Indies as his birthplace, although no surviving records substantiate this.

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Author's Note

Prologue: The Oldest Revolutionary War Widow

One: The Castaways
Two: Hurricane
Three: The Collegian
Four: The Pen and the Sword
Five: The Little Lion
Six: A Frenzy of Valor
Seven: The Lovesick Colonel
Eight: Glory
Nine: Raging Billows
Ten: A Grave, Silent, Strange Sort of Animal
Eleven: Ghosts
Twelve: August and Respectable Assembly
Thirteen: Publius
Fourteen: Putting the Machine in Motion
Fifteen: Villainous Busines
Sixteen: Dr. Pangloss
Seventeen: The First Town in America
Eighteen: Of Avarice and Enterprise
Nineteen: City of the Future
Twenty: Corrupt Squadrons
Twenty-One: Exposure
Twenty-Two: Stabbed in the Dark
Twenty-Three: Citizen Ganet
Twenty-Four: A Disagreeable Trade
Twenty-Five: Seas of Blood
Twenty-Six: The Wicked Insurgents of the West
Twenty-Seven: Sugar Plums and Toys
Twenty-Eight: Spare Cassius
Twenty-Nine: The Man in the Glass Bubble
Thirty: Flying To Near The Sun
Thirty-One: An Instrument of Hell
Thirty-Two: Reign of Witches
Thirty-Three: Works Godly and Ungodly
Thirty-Four: In an Evil Hour
Thirty-Five: Gusts of Passion
Thirty-Six: In a Very belligerent Humor
Thirty-Seven: Deadlock
Thirty-Eight: A World Full of Folly
Thirty-Nine: Pamphlet Wars
Forty: The Price of Truth
Forty-One: A Despicable Opinion
Forty-Two: Fatal Errand
Forty-Three: The Melting Scene
Epilogue: Eliza

Acknowledgements
Notes
Bibliography
Selected Books,Pamphlets and Dissertations
Selected Articles
Index

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  1. Ron Chernow (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2004
ISBN: 1594200092
Page Count: 832

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Reading Level: Adults

This book is designed for well read adults, with a strong interest in detailed history. Perfect for precocious High Schoolers looking to expand their knowledge, or for historically inclined adults with the patience to navigate a very long narrative.

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