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Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow ➤ Penguin Press 2004 HC/DJ First Edition
Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow Penguin Press 2004 HC/DJ First Edition
Title: Alexander Hamilton
Author: Ron Chernow
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Penguin Press 2004
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 1594200092
Size: 6.25 X 9.5 X 2 * 499 pages
Synopsis: From the Jacket: RON CHERNOW, whom The New York Times has called "as elegant an architect of monumental histories as we've seen in decades," brings to startling life the man who was the principal designer of the federal government, the catalyst for the emergence of the two-party system, the patron saint of Wall Street, and the object of ardent idolatry as well as vehement loathing by his peers. Alexander Hamilton was arguably the most important figure in American history who never attained the presidency, but he had a far more lasting impact than many who did.
An illegitimate, largely self-taught orphan from the Caribbean, Hamilton rose with stunning speed to become George Washington's aide-de-camp, a battlefield hero, a member of the Constitutional Convention, the leading author of The Federalist Papers, and head of the Federalist party. As the first treasury secretary, he forged America's tax and budget systems, Customs Service, Coast Guard, and central bank. With masterful storytelling skills, Chernow offers the whole sweep of Hamilton's turbulent life: his exotic, brutal upbringing; his brilliant military, legal, and financial exploits; his titanic feuds with Jefferson, Madison, Adams, and Monroe; his shocking illicit romances; his enlightened abolitionism; and his famous death in a duel with Aaron Burr in July 1804.
Throughout, Chernow blends Hamilton's public and private selves to present a fully rounded portrait of this handsome, witty, controversial genius and his poignant relations with his wife, Eliza, and their eight children. Hamilton's countless exploits never cramped his prolific literary labors. Chernow brings to light nearly fifty previously undiscovered essays as he explores Hamilton's fiery journalism, his youthful poetry, his magisterial state papers, and his revealing missives to colleagues and friends. Moreover, he conjures up richly nuanced portraits of Hamilton's celebrated peers. Here are Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, and Burr as they have seldom been seen before, with all their shortcomings as well as their oft-sung triumphs. This engrossing narrative dispels the stereotype of the founding fathers as quaint wooden figures and shows that, for all their greatness, they were passionate, fallible human beings.
Alexander Hamilton figured prominently in almost every major political episode of late-eighteenth-century America. He was so pivotal in the nation's early years that his absorbing saga, rendered in Chernow's vivid prose, offers a riveting account of America's founding era from the Revolutionary War to the formation of the first federal government and beyond.
A graduate of Yale and Cambridge, RON CHERNOW won the National Book Award in 1990 for his first book, The House of Morgan, which the Modern Library cited as one of the hundred best nonfiction books of the twentieth century. His second book, The Warburgs, won the Eccles Prize as the best business book of 1993. His biography of John D. Rockefeller, Titan, was a national bestseller and a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist. Both Time magazine and The New York Times listed it among the ten best books of 1998. Chernow lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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Title: Alexander Hamilton
Author: Ron Chernow
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Penguin Press 2004
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 1594200092
Size: 6.25 X 9.5 X 2 * 499 pages
Synopsis: From the Jacket: RON CHERNOW, whom The New York Times has called "as elegant an architect of monumental histories as we've seen in decades," brings to startling life the man who was the principal designer of the federal government, the catalyst for the emergence of the two-party system, the patron saint of Wall Street, and the object of ardent idolatry as well as vehement loathing by his peers. Alexander Hamilton was arguably the most important figure in American history who never attained the presidency, but he had a far more lasting impact than many who did.
An illegitimate, largely self-taught orphan from the Caribbean, Hamilton rose with stunning speed to become George Washington's aide-de-camp, a battlefield hero, a member of the Constitutional Convention, the leading author of The Federalist Papers, and head of the Federalist party. As the first treasury secretary, he forged America's tax and budget systems, Customs Service, Coast Guard, and central bank. With masterful storytelling skills, Chernow offers the whole sweep of Hamilton's turbulent life: his exotic, brutal upbringing; his brilliant military, legal, and financial exploits; his titanic feuds with Jefferson, Madison, Adams, and Monroe; his shocking illicit romances; his enlightened abolitionism; and his famous death in a duel with Aaron Burr in July 1804.
Throughout, Chernow blends Hamilton's public and private selves to present a fully rounded portrait of this handsome, witty, controversial genius and his poignant relations with his wife, Eliza, and their eight children. Hamilton's countless exploits never cramped his prolific literary labors. Chernow brings to light nearly fifty previously undiscovered essays as he explores Hamilton's fiery journalism, his youthful poetry, his magisterial state papers, and his revealing missives to colleagues and friends. Moreover, he conjures up richly nuanced portraits of Hamilton's celebrated peers. Here are Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, and Burr as they have seldom been seen before, with all their shortcomings as well as their oft-sung triumphs. This engrossing narrative dispels the stereotype of the founding fathers as quaint wooden figures and shows that, for all their greatness, they were passionate, fallible human beings.
Alexander Hamilton figured prominently in almost every major political episode of late-eighteenth-century America. He was so pivotal in the nation's early years that his absorbing saga, rendered in Chernow's vivid prose, offers a riveting account of America's founding era from the Revolutionary War to the formation of the first federal government and beyond.
A graduate of Yale and Cambridge, RON CHERNOW won the National Book Award in 1990 for his first book, The House of Morgan, which the Modern Library cited as one of the hundred best nonfiction books of the twentieth century. His second book, The Warburgs, won the Eccles Prize as the best business book of 1993. His biography of John D. Rockefeller, Titan, was a national bestseller and a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist. Both Time magazine and The New York Times listed it among the ten best books of 1998. Chernow lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Overall Condition: Gently read book with unmarked deckle edge pages; see images.
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2026--U.S. shipping for this (Four Pounds Media Mail) is $6.72 with tracking.
Multiple items will be combined for the lowest shipping price.
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Just about all the books are USED books. Some have been used more gently than others. Some have been in libraries and have typical library extras. Some are so old and/or interesting that they are being offered for the sake of preservation regardless of the condition they are in. If the condition of the book is very important to you, please feel free to click the 'Ask seller a question' link and I will tell you more.
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