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Alexander Hamilton, Ron Chernow

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Ron Chernow tells the story of a man who overcame all odds to shape, inspire, and scandalize the newborn America. Few figures in American history have been more hotly debated or more grossly misunderstood than Alexander Hamilton. Chernow's biography argues 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. 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 more 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 more vivid account of Hamilton's famous and mysterious death in a duel with Aaron Burr in July of 1804
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
xi, 818 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Contents
  • Prologue: The Oldest Revolutionary War Widow
  • The Castaways
  • Hurricane
  • The Collegian
  • The Pen and the Sword
  • The Little Lion
  • A Frenzy of Valor
  • The Lovesick Colonel
  • Glory
  • Raging Billows
  • A Grave, Silent, Strange Sort of Animal
  • Ghosts
  • August and Respectable Assembly
  • Publius
  • Putting the Machine in Motion
  • Villainous Business
  • Dr. Pangloss
  • The First Town in America
  • Of Avarice and Enterprise
  • City of the Future
  • Corrupt Squadrons
  • Exposure
  • Stabbed in the Dark
  • Citizen Genet
  • A Disagreeable Trade
  • Seas of Blood
  • The Wicked Insurgents of the West
  • Sugar Plums and Toys
  • Spare Cassius
  • The Man in the Glass Bubble
  • Flying Too Near the Sun
  • An Instrument of Hell
  • Reign of Witches
  • Works Godly and Ungodly
  • In an Evil Hour
  • Gusts of Passion
  • In a Very Belligerent Humor
  • Deadlock
  • A World Full of Folly
  • Pamphlet Wars
  • The Price of Truth
  • A Despicable Opinion
  • Fatal Errand
  • The Melting Scene
  • Epilogue: Eliza
Isbn
9780143034759
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Alexander Hamilton
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Alexander Hamilton
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Ron Chernow
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Language
eng
Summary
Ron Chernow tells the story of a man who overcame all odds to shape, inspire, and scandalize the newborn America. Few figures in American history have been more hotly debated or more grossly misunderstood than Alexander Hamilton. Chernow's biography argues 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. 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 more 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 more vivid account of Hamilton's famous and mysterious death in a duel with Aaron Burr in July of 1804
Biography type
individual biography
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Chernow, Ron
Dewey number
  • 973.4/092
  • B
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • plates
Index
index present
LC call number
E302.6.H2
LC item number
C48 2004
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
NLM call number
Non-Fiction
NLM item number
H217a 2004
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Hamilton, Alexander
  • Statesmen
  • United States
  • Statesmen.
  • Government
  • United States
  • BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
  • BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
  • HISTORY
  • Hamilton, Alexander
  • Politics and government
  • Statesmen
  • United States
  • Hamilton, Alexander
  • 7.150
  • Hamilton, Alexander
  • Hommes politiques
  • États-Unis
  • Hamilton, Alexander
  • Statesmen
  • United States
  • Hamilton, Alexander (Politiker)
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Alexander Hamilton, Ron Chernow
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 739-788) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
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rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Prologue: The Oldest Revolutionary War Widow -- The Castaways -- Hurricane -- The Collegian -- The Pen and the Sword -- The Little Lion -- A Frenzy of Valor -- The Lovesick Colonel -- Glory -- Raging Billows -- A Grave, Silent, Strange Sort of Animal -- Ghosts -- August and Respectable Assembly -- Publius -- Putting the Machine in Motion -- Villainous Business -- Dr. Pangloss -- The First Town in America -- Of Avarice and Enterprise -- City of the Future -- Corrupt Squadrons -- Exposure -- Stabbed in the Dark -- Citizen Genet -- A Disagreeable Trade -- Seas of Blood -- The Wicked Insurgents of the West -- Sugar Plums and Toys -- Spare Cassius -- The Man in the Glass Bubble -- Flying Too Near the Sun -- An Instrument of Hell -- Reign of Witches -- Works Godly and Ungodly -- In an Evil Hour -- Gusts of Passion -- In a Very Belligerent Humor -- Deadlock -- A World Full of Folly -- Pamphlet Wars -- The Price of Truth -- A Despicable Opinion -- Fatal Errand -- The Melting Scene -- Epilogue: Eliza
Control code
ocm53083988
Dimensions
25 cm
Extent
xi, 818 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780143034759
Lccn
2003065641
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
  • 9780143034759
  • 9781594200090
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)53083988
Label
Alexander Hamilton, Ron Chernow
Link
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 739-788) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Prologue: The Oldest Revolutionary War Widow -- The Castaways -- Hurricane -- The Collegian -- The Pen and the Sword -- The Little Lion -- A Frenzy of Valor -- The Lovesick Colonel -- Glory -- Raging Billows -- A Grave, Silent, Strange Sort of Animal -- Ghosts -- August and Respectable Assembly -- Publius -- Putting the Machine in Motion -- Villainous Business -- Dr. Pangloss -- The First Town in America -- Of Avarice and Enterprise -- City of the Future -- Corrupt Squadrons -- Exposure -- Stabbed in the Dark -- Citizen Genet -- A Disagreeable Trade -- Seas of Blood -- The Wicked Insurgents of the West -- Sugar Plums and Toys -- Spare Cassius -- The Man in the Glass Bubble -- Flying Too Near the Sun -- An Instrument of Hell -- Reign of Witches -- Works Godly and Ungodly -- In an Evil Hour -- Gusts of Passion -- In a Very Belligerent Humor -- Deadlock -- A World Full of Folly -- Pamphlet Wars -- The Price of Truth -- A Despicable Opinion -- Fatal Errand -- The Melting Scene -- Epilogue: Eliza
Control code
ocm53083988
Dimensions
25 cm
Extent
xi, 818 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780143034759
Lccn
2003065641
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
  • 9780143034759
  • 9781594200090
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)53083988

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