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Genre/Form: | Biographies Biography |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: |
Named Person: | Alexander Hamilton; Alexander Hamilton |
Material Type: | Biography, Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: | Ron Chernow |
ISBN: | 1786690012 9781786690012 |
OCLC Number: | 953233308 |
Description: | 1 online resource |
Contents: | Welcome Page; About Alexander Hamilton; Contents; Dedication; Observations by Alexander Hamilton; Maps; Author's Note; Frontispiece; Prologue: The Oldest Revolutionary War Widow; Chapter 1: The Castaways; Chapter 2: Hurricane; Chapter 3: The Collegian; Chapter 4: The Pen and the Sword; Chapter 5: The Little Lion; Chapter 6: A Frenzy of Valor; Chapter 7: The Lovesick Colonel; Chapter 8: Glory; Chapter 9: Raging Billows; Chapter 10: A Grave, Silent, Strange Sort of Animal; Chapter 11: Ghosts; Chapter 12: August and Respectable Assembly; Chapter 13: Publius. Chapter 14: Putting the Machine in MotionChapter 15: Villainous Business; Chapter 16: Dr. Pangloss; Chapter 17: The First Town in America; Chapter 18: Of Avarice and Enterprise; Chapter 19: City of the Future; Chapter 20: Corrupt Squadrons; Chapter 21: Exposure; Chapter 22: Stabbed in the Dark; Chapter 23: Citizen Genêt; Chapter 24: A Disagreeable Trade; Chapter 25: Seas of Blood; Chapter 26: The Wicked Insurgents of the West; Chapter 27: Sugar Plums and Toys; Chapter 28: Spare Cassius; Chapter 29: The Man in the Glass Bubble; Chapter 30: Flying Too Near the Sun. Chapter 31: An Instrument of HellChapter 32: Reign of Witches; Chapter 33: Works Godly and Ungodly; Chapter 34: In an Evil Hour; Chapter 35: Gusts of Passion; Chapter 36: In a Very Belligerent Humor; Chapter 37: Deadlock; Chapter 38: A World Full of Folly; Chapter 39: Pamphlet Wars; Chapter 40: The Price of Truth; Chapter 41: A Despicable Opinion; Chapter 42: Fatal Errand; Chapter 43: The Melting Scene; Epilogue: Eliza; Plate Section; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Illustration Permissions; Index; About Ron Chernow; More Great Lives: Military Lives; An Invitation from the Publisher. |
Series Title: | Great Lives |
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'This handsome new edition [is] an elegantly written, richly detailed account of Hamilton's tempestuous life' The Times. 'This acclaimed biography which inspired an award-winning musical, salvages the reputation of a Founding Father of the US ... a mammoth work of research that charted the course of Hamilton's dazzling career and the dark controversies that accompanied it' Guardian. 'Chernow's magnificent biography of Hamilton is out now ... and has gained fame for inspiring a musical' The Spectator. 'Gripping history, now turned into a hip-hop musical' Michael Gove in The Times: 'Our favourite reads of 2016'. 'Impressively thorough, superbly written and carefully researched' Wall Street Journal. 'A must-read. Ron Chernow’s masterpiece' USA Today. 'By far the best of the many lives of Hamilton now in print, and a model of the biographer's art' Kirkus. 'Chernow charts his way through Hamilton's hectic life, and the tumultuous times in which he lived, with aplomb' Military History Monthly. 'That biography is incredible. It out-Dickenses Charles Dickens' Lin-Manuel Miranda. Read more...