Alexander 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.In the first full length biography of Alexander Hamilton in decades, Ron Chernow tells the riveting story of a man who overcame all odds to shape, inspire, and scandalize the newborn America According to historian Joseph Ellis, Alexander Hamilton is a robust full length portrait, in my view the best ever written, of the most brilliant, charismatic and dangerous founder of them all Few figures in American history have been hotly debated or grossly misunderstood than Alexander Hamilton Chernow s biography gives Hamilton his due and sets the record straight, deftly illustrating that the political and economic greatness of today s America is the result of Hamilton s countless sacrifices to champion ideas that were often wildly disputed during his time To repudiate his legacy, Chernow writes, is, in many ways, to repudiate the modern world Chernow here recounts Hamilton s turbulent life an illegitimate, largely self taught orphan from the Caribbean, he came out of nowhere to take America by storm, rising to become George Washington s aide de camp in the Continental Army, coauthoring The Federalist Papers, founding the Bank of New York, leading the Federalist Party, and becoming the first Treasury Secretary of the United States.Historians have long told the story of America s birth as the triumph of Jefferson s democratic ideals over the aristocratic intentions of Hamilton Chernow presents an entirely different man, whose legendary ambitions were motivated not merely by self interest but by passionate patriotism and a stubborn will to build the foundations of American prosperity and power His is a Hamilton far human than we ve encountered before from his shame about his birth to his fiery aspirations, from his intimate relationships with childhood friends to his titanic feuds with Jefferson, Madison, Adams, Monroe, and Burr, and from his highly public affair with Maria Reynolds to his loving marriage to his loyal wife Eliza And never before has there been a vivid account of Hamilton s famous and mysterious death in a duel with Aaron Burr in July of 1804.Chernow s biography is not just a portrait of Hamilton, but the story of America s birth seen through its most central figure At a critical time to look back to our roots, Alexander Hamilton will remind readers of the purpose of our institutions and our heritage as Americans. Read Alexander Hamilton By Ron Chernow – kino-fada.fr It had a lot less hip hop than I was expecting, but I still really liked it.the world was wide enough for Hamilton and me BurrThis book is utterly exhaustive in its scope Dry and dull in a few places, exhilarating and taut and heartbreaking in others This feels like a life done justice, although I am also curious about the biography that Eliza started and her son finished after she was gone I loved the framing with Eliza in the prologue and epilogue Loved piecing together where the book and musical met, loved the bits where they diverged Loved stumbling ...I heal all wounds but those which love hath madeInscription on an envelope to Eliza Hamilton from her husband Alexander.I have read many political biographies in my 41 years, but few better Chernow is able to walk that narrow, tricky trail between scholarship and narrative storytelling without tripping over hagiography He presents the largeness and improbableness of Alexander Hamilton without leaving out Hamilton s excesses and flights of paranoia and inflexibility I think Chernow gets iI heal all wounds but those which love hath madeInscription on an envelope to Eliza Hamilton from her husband Alexander.I have read many political biographies in my 41 years, but few better Chernow is able to walk that narrow, tricky trail between scholarship ...I ve been wracking my brains literally for months trying to figure out who I can compare Alexander Hamilton to on the modern politocelebrity scene or to whom I can compare him, if you douchey grammar wonks prefer.There are two reasons that process has taken months 1 I m currently operating with the mental processing power of an old Radio Shack TRS 80 on the plus side, I guess that means I can run awesome software like Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing and 2 Alexander Hamilton was one unique I ve been wracking my brains literally for months trying to figure out who I can compare Alexander Hamilton to on the modern politocelebrity scene or to whom I can compare him, if you douchey grammar ...Like a lot of people I ve been listening to the Hamilton musical album non stop and read this because it was the source of Lin Manuel Miranda s inspiration to create the brilliant Broadway show The idea that a dense biography of an American Founding Father who was probably best known to the general public as the guy on the the ten dollar bill and the subject of a pretty funny Got Milk commercial would someday lead to the creation of an incredibly popular musical that blends show tunes with hip Like a lot of people I ve been listening to the Hamilton musical album non stop and read this because it was the source of Lin Manuel Miranda s inspiration to create the brilliant Broadway show The idea that a dense biography of an American Founding Father who was probably best known to the general public as the guy on the the ten dollar bill and the subject of a ...I have now read the Hamiltome I know that s what people call the book Lin Manuel Miranda wrote about the musical, but seriously, this thing could stop bullets I wouldn t have picked this book up if it weren t for the musical, and it wasn t exactly light reading, but I m glad that I did Before I did, I was kinda sure that Hamilton was the guy who was shot by Aaron Burr, and pretty sure he d never been president, and if I thought for a second I d remember that he was on the 10 bill Now I kn I have now read the Hamiltome I know that s what people call the book Lin Manuel Miranda wrote about the musical, but seriously, this thing could stop bullets I wouldn t have picked this book up if it weren t for the musical, and it wasn t exactly light reading, but I m glad that I did Before I did, I was kinda sure that Hamilton was the guy who was shot by Aaron Burr, and pretty sure he d never been president, and if I thought for a second I d remember that he was on the 10 bill Now I know so muchLike that he founded the Coast Guard, and the first national bank That he wrote most of Washington s speeches as president, and dispatches during the war I know how influential he was to politics, to industry and banking, and to the law And he did it all by the time he was killed at ...If they break this Union, they will break my heart Alexander Hamilton If anybody had told me a year ago that I would be delving into an 800 page biography on arguably America s least known Founding Father, first Secretary of the Treasury and he of ten dollar bill fame, I would have said they were crazy But like so many people who will read this book in the coming years, it all started with a mad love affair for the Broadway musical It s literally all I ve been able to think about or listen t If they break this Union, they will break my heart Alexander Hamilton If anybody had told me a year ago that I would be delving into an 800 page biography on arguably America s least known Founding Father,...4.5 5 stars How does a bastard orphan, son of a whore and a Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgottenspot in the Caribbean by providence, impoverished, in squalor, grow up to be a hero and a scholar The ten dollar founding father without a father got a lot further by working a lot harder, by being a lot smarter, by being a self starter, by fourteen, they placed him in charge of a trading charter And ev ry day while slaves were being slaughtered and carted away across the waves, he struggle 4.5 5 stars How does a bastard orphan, son of a whore and a Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgottenspot in the Caribbean by providence, impoverished, in squalor, grow up to be a hero and a scholar The ten dollar founding father without a father got a lot further by working a lot harder, by being a lot smarter, by being a self starter, by fourteen, they placed him in charge of a trading charter And ev ry day while slaves were ...I am now prepared to see the Hamilton musical Also, I now knowabout Alexander Hamilton than I ever thought I would Despite its length, the book stayed generally interesting throughout There was a section in the middle that got into the establishment of the US banking system where I got a little lost, but overall the book stayed accessible.Another thing that helped keep things interesting was that the audio was read by Scott Brick Brick has to be my favorite audio narrator.The book cove I am now prepared to see the Hamilton musical Also, I now knowabout Alexander Hamilton than I ever thought I would Despite its length, the book stayed generally interesting throughout There was a section in the middle that got into the establishment of the US banking system where I got a little lost, but overall the book stayed accessible.Another thing that help...So I m sitting on a plane crying over the ending of this book It s not like I didn t already know how it turns out But I didn t know Alexander Hamilton before not in the way I do now No lie, reading this book is a major undertaking I am a lover of history and biography and this is one of the most compelling true stories I ve read in a long time I ve always been a little obsessed with Thomas Jefferson because the man had so many conflicts and inconsistencies This book demonstrates the powe So I m sitting on a plane crying over the ending of this book It s not like I didn t already know how it turns out But I didn t know Alexander H...

• English
• 04 May 2018
Ron Chernow
• Paperback
• 818 pages
• 0143034758
• Ron Chernow
• Alexander Hamilton