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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. A wonderful biography spanning Hamilton's entire life. Well researched, well quoted, and well written. Made me love and admire Hamilton all the more. (  )pluckybamboo | Jun 11, 2009 |   Very very detailed. Listening to Scot Brick read this is good, but I find for some reason I can only take in limited doses and I've put it down a few times. This one volume biography contains so many details and research that it has been used as a reference for other popular history books as well, such as The Great Upheaval by Jay Winik. (  )bfertig | Apr 14, 2009 | In an era of many political geniuses, Hamilton stands out as described by Chernow, What would Hamilton advise in the economic turmoil of 2008-2009? ( )RonDR | Apr 2, 2009 | If Hamilton's son who died in a duel before his father was alive now I would be in love. His portrait shows one of the most delightful looking young man I have ever seen. Now getting serious about Hamilton. He learned about international finance in the Caribbean before the age most kids finish high school by working in a business office, then when somewhat older attended secondary school. He was brilliant and we can really give him credit for his astute way of dealing with the debt of the new nation, organizing the office of the Secretary of the Treasury, which today December 2008 we are learning may be the most important office in the US government...as it was then....And we can further appreciate Washington for understanding what treasure (no pun intended) Hamilton really was. He also played an important role in organizing our army after he left the cabinet. carterchristian1 | Dec 9, 2008 | Not read yet. xerxes1024 | Dec 4, 2008 |  0.047 seconds to build listing  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com (ISBN 0143034758, Paperback)Building on biographies by Richard Brookhiser and Willard Sterne Randall, Ron Chernow’s Alexander Hamilton provides what may be the most comprehensive modern examination of the often overlooked Founding Father. From the start, Chernow argues that Hamilton’s premature death at age 49 left his record to be reinterpreted and even re-written by his more long-lived enemies, among them: Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and James Monroe. Hamilton’s achievements as first Secretary of the Treasury, co-author of The Federalist Papers, and member of the Constitutional Convention were clouded after his death by strident claims that he was an arrogant, self-serving monarchist. Chernow delves into the almost 22,000 pages of letters, manuscripts, and articles that make up Hamilton’s legacy to reveal a man with a sophisticated intellect, a romantic spirit, and a late-blooming religiosity.One fault of the book, is that Chernow is so convinced of Hamilton’s excellence that his narrative sometimes becomes hagiographic. Nowhere is this more apparent than in Chernow’s account of the infamous duel between Hamilton and Aaron Burr in 1804. He describes Hamilton’s final hours as pious, while Burr, Jefferson, and Adams achieve an almost cartoonish villainy at the news of Hamilton’s passing. A defender of the union against New England secession and an opponent of slavery, Hamilton has a special appeal to modern sensibilities. Chernow argues that in contrast to Jefferson and Washington’s now outmoded agrarian idealism, Hamilton was "the prophet of the capitalist revolution" and the true forebear of modern America. In his Prologue, he writes: "In all probability, Alexander Hamilton is the foremost figure in American history who never attained the presidency, yet he probably had a much deeper and more lasting impact than many who did." With Alexander Hamilton, this impact can now be more widely appreciated. --Patrick O'Kelley (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:02 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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