From national book award winner ron chernow comes a landmark biography of alexander hamilton, the founding father who galvanized, inspired, scandalized, and shaped. When historian ron chernow began reading about alexander hamilton in the 1990s, he realised that his personal story was far and away the most dramatic of any of the. Download alexander hamilton by ron chernow pdf free. Beginning with hamiltons birth in the caribbean, the book traces hamiltons story from his. In 2004 ron chernow, a journalist and biographer specialising in financial history, first published this book, a mammoth work of research that. It remained on the new york times best seller list for three months.
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Pulitzer prizewinning author ron chernow presents a landmark biography of alexander hamilton, the founding father who galvanized, inspired, scandalized, and shaped the newborn nation. These papers were written primarily by students and provide critical analysis of alexander. Below youll find our chapterbychapter notes and outlines on ron chernows alexander hamilton. In 1990, he published the house of morgan, which covered the life of financier j. Alexander hamilton ron chernow, 2004 penguin publishing 832 pp. In 2004 ron chernow, a journalist and biographer specialising in financial history, first published this book, a mammoth work of research that charted the course of hamiltons dazzling career and. New york times bestselling author ron chernow has gained recent attention for alexander hamilton, the inspiration for the hit broadway musical hamilton. In the first fulllength biography of alexander hamilton in decades, national book award winner ron chernow tells the riveting story of a man who overcame all odds to shape, inspire, and.
Historian ron chernows alexander hamilton, which the new york times called by far the best biography ever written about the man, was also the inspiration for the hit. Alexander hamilton by ron chernow, 9781786690036, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Penguin press was the publisher of the alexander hamilton book. Ron chernows bestselling books include the house of morgan, winner of the national book award. For that reason, historian clinton rossiter insisted that hamiltons works and words have been more consequential than those of any other american in shaping the constitution under which. A chat with ron chernow, americas biographer and winner. The inspiration for the hit broadway musical hamilton. Chernow has written biographies of george washington, john d. Alexander hamilton essays are academic essays for citation. Building on biographies by richard brookhiser and willard sterne randall, ron chernows alexander hamilton provides what may be the most comprehensive modern. When alexander hamilton was 10, his father abandoned him.
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