Alexander Hamilton [Paperback]
Chernow, Ron2020
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The biography of one of America's founding fathers, Alexander Hamilton, which became the basis for the hugely successful Broadway show Hamilton. 'I was swept up by the story. I thought it 'out-Dickens' Dickens in the unlikeliness of this man's rise from his humble beginnings in Nevis in the Caribbean, to changing, helping shape our young nation. And it's uniquely an immigrant story and it's uniquely a story about writers ... It's an amazing biography' LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA. Alexander Hamilton was an illegitimate self-taught orphan from the Caribbean who overcame all the odds to become George Washington's aide-de-camp and the first Treasury Secretary of the United States. Few figures in American history are more controversial than Alexander Hamilton. In this masterful work, Chernow shows how the political and economic power of America today is the result of Hamilton's willingness to champion ideas that were often wildly disputed during his time. He charts his titanic feuds with Jefferson, Adams, Madison, Monroe and Burr; his highly public affair with Maria Reynolds; his loving marriage to his loyal wife Eliza; and the notorious duel with Aaron Burr that led to his death in July 1804.
Main title:
Alexander Hamilton [Paperback] / Ron Chernow.
Author:
Chernow, Ron, author
Imprint:
London : Head of Zeus, 2020.©2004
Collation:
818 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm.
Notes:
"An Apollo book."Originally published: New York: Penguin Press, 2004.Includes bibliographical references and index.
Awards:
2005 George Washington Book Prize
ISBN:
9781800244399 (pbk)9781800244399
Dewey class:
973.4092973.409
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
518950
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumaris Library | Adult Non Fiction - Biography | 973.409 HAM | Onloan - Due: 09 Oct 2024 |