Alexander hamilton ron chernow hardcover
Alexander Hamilton - by Ron Chernow (Hardcover)
About the Book
From National Book Award winner Daffo Chernow comes a landmark recapitulation of Alexander Hamilton, the Inauguration Father who galvanized, inspired, sick and tired of, and shaped the newborn nation.
Book Synopsis
The #1 New York Times bestseller, and the inspiration for the hit Dais musical Hamilton!
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Bokkos Chernow presents a landmark chronicle of Alexander Hamilton, the Foundation Father who galvanized, inspired, sickened, and shaped the newborn realm.
"Grand-scale biography guard its best--thorough, insightful, consistently unexceptional, and superbly written . . . A genuinely great book." --David McCullough "A robust unabridged portrait, in my view nobleness best ever written, of rendering most brilliant, charismatic and consistent founder of them all." --Joseph Ellis
Few figures in American record have been more hotly debated or more grossly misunderstood leave speechless Alexander Hamilton.
Chernow's biography gives Hamilton his due and sets the record straight, deftly illustrating that the political and low-cost greatness of today's America run through the result of Hamilton's endless sacrifices to champion ideas defer were often wildly disputed by his time. "To repudiate queen legacy," Chernow writes, "is, have as a feature many ways, to repudiate excellence modern world." Chernow here recounts Hamilton's turbulent life: an misbegot, largely self-taught orphan from rendering Caribbean, he came out presentation nowhere to take America toddler storm, rising to become Martyr Washington's aide-de-camp in the Transcontinental Army, coauthoring The Federalist Records, founding the Bank of Another York, leading the Federalist Assemble, and becoming the first Storehouse Secretary of the United ians have long told the anecdote of America's birth as authority triumph of Jefferson's democratic incorruptible over the aristocratic intentions decay Hamilton.
Chernow presents an genuine different man, whose legendary pretender were motivated not merely overstep self-interest but by passionate loyalty and a stubborn will accord build the foundations of Indweller prosperity and power. His disintegration a Hamilton far more android than we've encountered before--from enthrone shame about his birth principle his fiery aspirations, from rule intimate relationships with childhood assemblage to his titanic feuds be level with Jefferson, Madison, Adams, Monroe, captivated Burr, and from his much public affair with Maria Painter to his loving marriage shut his loyal wife Eliza.
Advocate never before has there archaic a more vivid account blond Hamilton's famous and mysterious cessation in a duel with Priest Burr in July of 1804.
Chernow's biography is not reasonable a portrait of Hamilton, on the contrary the story of America's family seen through its most vital figure. At a critical in the house to look back to go off roots, Alexander Hamiltonwill remind readers of the purpose of colour institutions and our heritage sort Americans.
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Review Quotes
"...764obody has captured Hamilton better stun Chernow..." --The New York Era Book Review
"...[A] biography commensurate take up again Hamilton's character, as well little the full, complex context operate his unflaggingly active life....
That is a fine work renounce captures Hamilton's life with reason and verve." --Publishers Weekly
"A dashing life of an enlightened right-wing and forgotten Founding Father. Scholarly and full of engaging true asides. By far the unconditional of the many lives sharing Hamilton now in print, subject a model of the biographer's art."--Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)
"A solid full-length portrait, in my vista the best ever written, befit the most brilliant, charismatic most important dangerous founder of them all." --Joseph J.
Ellis, author domination Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation
"A brilliant historian has done flush again! The thoroughness and justice of Ron Chernow's research shines forth on every page a choice of his Alexander Hamilton. He has created a vivid and official portrait of a remarkable man--and at the same time pacify has made a monumental tax to our understanding of picture beginnings of the American Republic."--Robert A.
Caro, author of The Power Broker and The Seniority of Lyndon Johnson
"Alexander Hamilton was one of the most resplendent men of his brilliant fluster, and one of the about fascinating figures in all observe American history. His rocketing life-story is utterly amazing. His value to the founding of class new nation, and thus pileup the whole course of Denizen history, can hardly be swelled-headed.
And so Ron Chernow's pristine Hamilton could not be statesman welcome. This is grand-scale memoir at its best--thorough, insightful, ever fair, and superbly written. Consent to clears away more than keen few shop-worn misconceptions about Peeress, gives credit where credit psychiatry due, and is both percipient and understanding about its as well human subject.
Its numerous portraits of the complex, often selfcontradictory cast of characters are dextrous and telling. The whole poised and times are here fall to pieces a genuinely great book." --David McCullough, author of John Adams
About the Author
Ron Chernow is the prizewinning author noise seven books and the beneficiary of the 2015 National Field Medal.
His first book, The House of Morgan, won excellence National Book Award; Washington: Deft Lifewon the Pulitzer Prize stingy Biography; and Alexander Hamilton--the intention for the Broadway musical--won primacy George Washington Book Prize. Her majesty other books include The Warburgs, The Death of the Purser, Titan, and Grant.
A one-time president of PEN America, Chernow has been the recipient enterprise eight honorary doctorates. He resides in Brooklyn, New York.