{"product_id":"alexander-hamilton-9781594200090","title":"Alexander Hamilton","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller, and \u003cb\u003ethe inspiration for the hit Broadway musical \u003ci\u003eHamilton\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow presents a landmark biography of Alexander Hamilton, the Founding Father who galvanized, inspired, scandalized, and shaped the newborn nation. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Grand-scale biography at its best--thorough, insightful, consistently fair, and superbly written...A genuinely great book.\" --David McCullough \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A robust full-length portrait, in my view the best ever written, of the most brilliant, charismatic and dangerous founder of them all.\" - Joseph Ellis \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFew figures in American history have been more hotly debated or more grossly misunderstood than Alexander Hamilton. Chernow's biography gives Hamilton his due and sets the record straight, deftly illustrating that the political and economic greatness of today's America is the result of Hamilton's countless sacrifices to champion ideas that were often wildly disputed during his time. \"To repudiate his legacy,\" Chernow writes, \"is, in many ways, to repudiate the modern world.\" Chernow here recounts Hamilton's turbulent life: an illegitimate, largely self-taught orphan from the Caribbean, he came out of nowhere to take America by storm, rising to become George Washington's aide-de-camp in the Continental Army, coauthoring The Federalist Papers, founding the Bank of New York, leading the Federalist Party, and becoming the first Treasury Secretary of the United States.Historians have long told the story of America's birth as the triumph of Jefferson's democratic ideals over the aristocratic intentions of Hamilton. Chernow presents an entirely different man, whose legendary ambitions were motivated not merely by self-interest but by passionate patriotism and a stubborn will to build the foundations of American prosperity and power. His is a Hamilton far more human than we've encountered before--from his shame about his birth to his fiery aspirations, from his intimate relationships with childhood friends to his titanic feuds with Jefferson, Madison, Adams, Monroe, and Burr, and from his highly public affair with Maria Reynolds to his loving marriage to his loyal wife Eliza. And never before has there been a more vivid account of Hamilton's famous and mysterious death in a duel with Aaron Burr in July of 1804. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChernow's biography is not just a portrait of Hamilton, but the story of America's birth seen through its most central figure. At a critical time to look back to our roots, \u003ci\u003eAlexander Hamilton\u003c\/i\u003e will remind readers of the purpose of our institutions and our heritage as Americans. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/26\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781594200090\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 832\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.54h x 6.60w x 2.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e ALA Notable Books - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e National Book Critics Circle Award - Nominee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e L.A. Times Book Prize - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e George Washington Book Prize - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/15\/2004 pg. 67\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/26\/2004 pg. 239\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2004 pg. 1021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAtlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2004 pg. 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2004 pg. 138\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2004 pg. 94\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/19\/2004 pg. 65\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/30\/2004 pg. 171\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2004 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/25\/2004 pg. 8\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2004 pg. 1694\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/06\/2004 pg. 29\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2004 pg. 66\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/23\/2004 pg. 34\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/12\/2004 pg. 13\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/31\/2004 pg. 140\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/05\/2004 pg. 39\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist Editors Choice\/Adult\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/15\/2005 pg. 766\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2005 pg. 914\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist Editors Choice\/Adult\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2005 pg. 766\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/14\/2005 pg. 68\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ron Chernow","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36661073248412,"sku":"9781594200090","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_f2fcdd40-698e-4df9-983b-822ffd521c25.jpg?v=1603898534","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/alexander-hamilton-9781594200090","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}