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| Genre/Form: | Biography collective biographies Biographies |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Alexander Hamilton; Alexander Hamilton; Alexander Hamilton |
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: | Ron Chernow |
| ISBN: | 1594200092 9781594200090 |
| OCLC Number: | 123342001 |
| Description: | 808 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents: | 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 Gen̊t -- 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. |
| Responsibility: | Ron Chernow. |
Abstract:
Traces the life of Alexander Hamilton, an illegitimate, largely self-taught orphan from the Caribbean who rose to become George Washington's aide-de-camp and the first Treasury Secretary of the United States.
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