Best Alexander Hamilton Biography - April 2024

Alexander Hamilton

A New York Times Bestseller, and the inspiration for the hit Broadway musical Hamilton!Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow presents a landmark biography of Alexander Hamilton, the Founding Father who galvanized, inspired, scandalized, and shaped the newborn nation.In the first full-length biography of Alexander Hamilton in decades, Ron Chernow tells the riveting story of a man who overcame all odds to shape, inspire, and scandalize the newborn America. According to historian Joseph Ellis, Alexander Hamilton is “a robust full-length portrait, in my view the best ever written, of t... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0143034758
• ASIN: 0143034758
• ISBN: 0143034758
• Brand: Penguin Books
• Manufacturer: Penguin Books

The Duel: The Parallel Lives of Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr

Learn more about the men who inspired Hamilton: The Musical in this fascinating look at the historical friends turned revolutionary rivals!In curiously parallel lives, Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr were both orphaned at an early age. Both were brilliant students who attended college--one at Princeton, the other at Columbia--and studied law. Both were young staff officers under General George Washington, and both became war heroes. Politics beckoned them, and each served in the newly formed government of the fledgling nation. Why, then, did these two face each other at dawn in a duel that e... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0425288218
• ASIN: 0425288218
• ISBN: 0425288218
• Brand: Speak
• Manufacturer: Speak

Alexander Hamilton, Revolutionary

Complex, passionate, brilliant, flawed―Alexander Hamilton comes alive in this exciting biography.He was born out of wedlock on a small island in the West Indies and orphaned as a teenager. From those inauspicious circumstances, he rose to a position of power and influence in colonial America. Discover this founding father's incredible true story: his brilliant scholarship and military career; his groundbreaking and enduring policy, which shapes American government today; his salacious and scandalous personal life; his heartrending end.Richly informed by Hamilton's own writing, with archival ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1250123194
• ASIN: 1250123194
• ISBN: 1250123194
• Manufacturer: Feiwel & Friends

My Dear Hamilton: A Novel of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton

"Not since I read Erik Larson's Dead Wake have I had such an edge-of-my-seat immersion into historical events. [...] No study of Alexander Hamilton would be complete without reading this book."-Karen White, New York Times bestselling authorFrom the New York Times bestselling authors of America's First Daughter comes the epic story of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton--a revolutionary woman who, like her new nation, struggled to define herself in the wake of war, betrayal, and tragedy. In this haunting, moving, and beautifully written novel, Dray and Kamoie used thousands of letters and original sources... [Read More]

• ASIN: 006246616X
• ASIN: 006246616X
• ISBN: 006246616X
• Manufacturer: William Morrow Paperbacks

Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow (2004-04-26)

• ASIN: B01K3JP7X2
• ASIN: B01K3JP7X2
• Manufacturer: Penguin Audio

True Life - Alexander Hamilton (Time for Kids Nonfiction Readers)

Alexander Hamilton was George Washington's right-hand man and Thomas Jefferson's most notable rival. He was the beloved husband of Eliza Schuyler and the victim of Aaron Burr's fury. Learn all about the fascinating life of this influential Founding Father. Developed by Timothy Rasinski and featuring TIME content, this high-interest biography includes essential text features like an index, captions, glossary, and table of contents. The intriguing sidebars, detailed images, and in-depth Reader's Guide require students to connect back to the text and encourage multiple readings. The Think Link an... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1493836331
• ASIN: 1493836331
• ISBN: 1493836331
• Brand: Teacher Created Materials
• Manufacturer: Teacher Created Materials

Alexander Hamilton: Founding Father-: The Real Story of his life, his loves, and his death

Alexander Hamilton: Founding Father is the story of one of America’s great founding fathers, Alexander Hamilton. The book is a detailed account of this very important but controversial figure in American history. The story is a “classic rags to riches” one and begins with his childhood in the British West Indies. Though his life is filled with tragedy and he is very poor, Hamilton manages to distinguish himself through his writing and his business skills. Eventually, he leaves the West Indies and immigrates to North America where he receives a first rate education. Later, he becomes a he... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1523737557
• ASIN: 1523737557
• ISBN: 1523737557
• Manufacturer: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

The Hamilton Affair: A Novel

For fans of Hamilton and Lin-Manuel Miranda, here is the New York Times bestselling novel that Cosmopolitan called, “A juicy answer to Ron Chernow's Alexander Hamilton.”Set against the dramatic backdrop of the American Revolution, and featuring a cast of legendary characters, historian and master storyteller Elizabeth Cobbs tells the sweeping, tumultuous, true story of Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler, from passionate and tender beginnings of their romance to his fateful duel on the banks of the Hudson River.Alexander Hamilton was a bastard and orphan, raised in the Caribbean and ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1628728558
• ASIN: 1628728558
• ISBN: 1628728558
• Brand: Arcade
• Manufacturer: Arcade

Hamilton: The Revolution

A backstage pass to the groundbreaking, hit musical Hamilton, winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Eleven Tony Awards, including Best Musical, including the award-winning libretto, behind-the-scenes photos and interviews, and exclusive footnotes from composer-lyricist-star Lin-Manuel Miranda.Lin-Manuel Miranda's groundbreaking musical Hamilton is as revolutionary as its subject, the poor kid from the Caribbean who fought the British, defended the Constitution, and helped to found the United States. Fusing hip-hop, pop, R&B, and the best traditions of theater, this once-in-a-generati... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1455539740
• UPC: 710308291108
• ASIN: 1455539740
• ISBN: 1455539740
• Brand: Grand Central Publishing
• Manufacturer: Grand Central Publishing

Who Was Alexander Hamilton?

Read the story of the Founding Father who inspired the smash Broadway musical.Born in the British West Indies and orphaned as a child, Alexander Hamilton made his way to the American Colonies and studied to become a lawyer. He joined a local militia during the American Revolution, rose to the rank of Major General, and became the chief aide to General George Washington. After the war, he became the first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. He founded the Bank of New York and The New York Post newspaper. He served as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention and is also celebrated as a co-author ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0399544275
• ASIN: 0399544275
• ISBN: 0399544275
• Brand: Penguin Workshop
• Manufacturer: Penguin Workshop

Alexander Hamilton: First Architect Of The American Government

What did Alexander Hamilton ever do besides get shot in a duel by Aaron Burr? When it comes to the American government, the answer is: practically everything.Born in the West Indies, Hamilton was the illegitimate child of a Scottish nobleman who lost a fortune in sugar plantations. Orphaned as a teenager, he came to America in search of an education, a home, and the war that would at last bring him fame and honor. As George Washington’s most trusted aide, Hamilton helped to win the American Revolution—but after the war, his enemies lost no time accusing him of trying to sell his country ba... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01H4OG9YK
• ASIN: B01H4OG9YK
• Manufacturer: Make Profits Easy LLC

Hamilton: An American Biography

The award-winning, smash Broadway hit, Hamilton: An American Musical, continues to captivate sold-out audiences and has sparked unprecedented interest in its historical protagonist. In Hamilton: An American Biography, Tony Williams provides readers with a concise biography that traces the events and values that enabled Hamilton to rise from his youth as a dispossessed orphan to Revolutionary War hero and Founding Father, a life uniquely shaped by America and who, in turn, contributed to the creation of the American regime of liberty and self-government. He was one of key leaders in the America... [Read More]

• ASIN: B079YF5CKT
• ASIN: B079YF5CKT
• Manufacturer: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Eliza Hamilton: The Extraordinary Life and Times of the Wife of Alexander Hamilton

From the New York Times bestselling author of Irena’s Children comes a comprehensive and riveting biography of the extraordinary life and times of Eliza Hamilton, the wife of founding father Alexander Hamilton, and a powerful, unsung hero in America’s early days. Fans fell in love with Eliza Hamilton—Alexander Hamilton’s devoted wife—in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s phenomenal musical Hamilton. But they don’t know her full story. A strong pioneer woman, a loving sister, a caring mother, and in her later years, a generous philanthropist, Eliza had many sides—and this fascinating biograph... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1501166301
• ASIN: 1501166301
• ISBN: 1501166301
• Brand: Gallery Books
• Manufacturer: Gallery Books

America's First Daughter: A Novel

THE NEW YORK TIMES & USA TODAY BESTSELLERIn a compelling, richly researched novel that draws from thousands of letters and original sources, bestselling authors Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie tell the fascinating, untold story of Thomas Jefferson's eldest daughter, Martha "Patsy" Jefferson Randolph--a woman who kept the secrets of our most enigmatic founding father and shaped an American legacy.From her earliest days, Patsy Jefferson knows that though her father loves his family dearly, his devotion to his country runs deeper still. As Thomas Jefferson's oldest daughter, she becomes his hel... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0062347268
• ASIN: 0062347268
• ISBN: 0062347268
• Brand: William Morrow Co
• Manufacturer: William Morrow Paperbacks

Jefferson and Hamilton: The Rivalry That Forged a Nation

From the award-winning author of Almost a Miracle and The Ascent of George Washington, this is the rare work of scholarship that offers us irresistible human drama even as it enriches our understanding of deep themes in our nation's history. The decade of the 1790s has been called the “age of passion.” Fervor ran high as rival factions battled over the course of the new republic-each side convinced that the other's goals would betray the legacy of the Revolution so recently fought and so dearly won. All understood as well that what was at stake was not a moment's political advantage, but ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1608195430
• ASIN: 1608195430
• ISBN: 1608195430
• Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Manufacturer: Bloomsbury Publishing

Alexander Hamilton

Pulitzer Prize winning author Ron Chernow presents a landmark biography of Alexander Hamilton, the Founding Father who galvanized, inspired, scandalized, and shaped the newborn

• UPC: 52097342
• Rating: 4.48

Alexander Hamilton - eBook

The personal 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, is captured in a definitive

• UPC: 359777177

Eliza Hamilton : The Extraordinary Life and Times of the Wife of Alexander Hamilton

From the New York Times bestselling author of Irena's Children comes a comprehensive and riveting biography of the extraordinary life and times of Eliza Hamilton, the wife of founding father Alexander Hamilton, and a powerful,

• UPC: 445817959
• Rating: 4.0

Alexander Hamilton : The Illustrated Biography

Find out who lived and who died in the incredible story of the founding father who made America modern--and became the toast of Broadway. This richly illustrated biography portrays Hamilton's fascinating life alongside his key

• UPC: 53907055

ALEXANDER HAMILTON, American

Explores the life and times of an American founding father, who grew from an impoverished immigrant to a patriot, war hero, Secretary of the Treasury, and a man whose vision helped shape

• UPC: 734233
• Rating: 3.667

Alexander Hamilton - eBook

He fought at Washington's side in the Revolution, helped ensure the ratification of the Constitution, and saved the fledgling United States from financial ruin. He died in a tragic duel with his political rival, Aaron

• UPC: 833272312
• Rating: 2.0

ALEXANDER HAMILTON, American - eBook

Alexander Hamilton is one of the least understood, most important, and most impassioned and inspiring of the founding fathers. At last Hamilton has found a modern biographer who can bring him to full-blooded life; Richard

• UPC: 890428805
• Rating: 3.667

Alexander Hamilton : A Biography

The founders of the American republic were ardently concerned with the judgment of posterity. Had they known what a fickle muse Clio would prove to be, they might have been more anxious. The making of

• UPC: 26887852
• Rating: 4.0

Alexander Hamilton : A Life

From his less than auspicious start in 1755 on the Caribbean island of Nevis to his untimely death in a duel with his old enemy Aaron Burr in 1804, Alexander Hamilton, despite his short life,

• UPC: 25246097

Alexander Hamilton: A Short Biography - eBook

Alexander Hamilton, born in the British West Indies, was an outsider from the very beginning. His illegitimate birth drove him to prove his worthiness to others throughout his life. His quest for honor was one

• UPC: 239610364