Alexander Hamilton
 

Alexander Hamilton

by Ron Chernow

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 in decades," now brings to startling life the man who was arguably the most important figure in... (read more)

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hollywould
  • Rated 5 stars

Can you be attracted to dead historical figures? Hamilton is one of my great heroes, one of the historati lined up in my personal nirvana--or maybe I just had a hot neoclassical fling with him in another life. Interestingly, for me, one of the most enlightening aspects of this book was its constant and varied insights on Jefferson. Obviously that's not its primary intent, but you learn much about the conflicting passions that shaped America, and Jefferson was diametrically opposed to Hamilton...

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Lucy's Grandma
  • Rated 1 stars

Boring, boring, boring. I read this book for a book club and it was almost impossible to finish. Nobody liked it.

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  • mbjornsen

    mbjornsen said:

    As a lover of history I have long believed that Hamilton was one of the most interesting figures of the revolutionary period...Until I picked up this sleeping aid by Chernow. I would recommend this work to all who suffer with insomnia.

    posted Thursday, November 8 2007
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