Alexander Hamilton. (eBook, 2016) [Texas Group Catalog]
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Alexander Hamilton.

Alexander Hamilton.

Author: Ron Chernow
Publisher: Head of Zeus, 2016.
Series: Great Lives
Edition/Format:   eBook : Document : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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AADAPTED INTO THE AWARD-WINNING BROADWAY MUSICAL, HAMILTON. The riveting life of Alexander Hamilton, an illegitimate, largely self-taught orphan from the Caribbean who overcame all the odds to become George Washington's aide-de-camp and the first Treasury Secretary of the United States. Few figures in American history have been more hotly debated than Alexander Hamilton. In this masterful work, Chernow shows how the  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Biographies
Biography
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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The life of one of America's founding fathers, Alexander Hamilton.  Read more...
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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 Read more...

 

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