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类型/形式: | Biography collective biographies Biographies |
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提及的人: | Alexander Hamilton; Alexander Hamilton; Alexander Hamilton; Alexander Hamilton; Alexander Hamilton |
材料类型: | 传记, 互联网资源 |
文档类型 | 图书, 互联网资源 |
所有的著者/提供者: | Ron Chernow |
ISBN: | 9780143034759 0143034758 |
OCLC号码: | 58797271 |
注释: | Originally published: New York : Penguin Press, 2004. |
描述: | 818 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm |
内容: | 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 Genêt -- 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 -- Eliza. |
责任: | Ron Chernow. |
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摘要:
Chernow "vividly re-creates the whole sweep of Hamilton's turbulent life-- his exotic, brutal upbringing; his titanic feuds with celebrated rivals; his pivotal role in defining the shape of the Federal government; his shocking illicit romances; his enlightened abolitionism; and his famous death in a duel with Aaron Burr in July 1804. Drawing upon extensive, unparalleled research-- including nearly fifty previously undiscovered essays highlighting Hamilton's fiery journalism as well as his revealing missives to colleagues and friends.-- this biography of the extraordinarily gifted founding father who galvanized, inspired, and scandalized the newborn nation is the work by which all others will be measured"--
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