About this title: The renowned author of "Titan," whom the "New York Times" has called "as elegant an architect of monumental histories as we've seen in decades," vividly recreates the whole sweep of Alexander Hamilton's turbulent life.
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Description: Good. This book has light wear, remainder marks, light spot soiling on page edges. Dust jacket has some wear on jacket edges, ~3 in tear on jacket edges. I will ship this book out on the next business day! Each book individually hand cleaned. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780143034759ISBN:0143034758
Description: Good. A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact (including dustcover, if applicable). The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "from the library of" labels. read more
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books, London England
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780143034759ISBN:0143034758
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Owner's signature blacked out. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 818 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Penguin Press, New York, New York
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9781594200090ISBN:1594200092
Description: Very Good in VG+ jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Book is clean, square & tight, deckled fore-edge, some very minor bracketing in textblock, short notation in back paste down, 818 pgs. boardsare black paper covered, lettering in bright gold gild, slight edge, shelf & corner wear. Jacket is clean & bight, unmarked, slight edge, shelf & corner wear. read more
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""..greed can corrupt a state and that a public official who betrays his trust "ought to feel the utmost rigor of public resentment and be detested as a traitor of the worst and most dangerous kind.""
"..paper currency issued by the Continental Congress continued to sink precipitously in value.." "During one ghastly period in 1779, the continental dollar shed half its value in three weeks."
"The 1792 financial panic came on the heels of......"
A letter from Wolcott.. "The public affairs are certainly in a critical state. I do not clearly see how those of the Treasury are to be managed..."
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'If Washington was the father of the country and Madison the father of the Constitution, then Alexander Hamilton was surely the father of the American government.'
I've finished the novel Alexander Hamilton and stand in awe of the similarities reiterated in this biography of the man who created this country's banking system and was responsible for the two party system plan as it relates to the condition of our country today.
He was a self-made man not without faults but with a true love of this country. The sway of emotion toward him had sharp contrasts. Love or hate him, you had to admire his intelligence.
This book took me quite a while to read, but kept me intrigued until the end. For anyone who loves history as much as I should read the fascinating rendition of this founding father and learn much about how this country's systems came to be. From the criticism of President Washington's choice of clothes for his inauguration to the creation of the very biased newspapers for each party you will see that nothing much has changed in the political scene since our founding.
I began this book in May of '08 at the height of our Presidential campaigns. It seemed as I read, events unfolded much as they did back then. It amazed me how little has changed in politics.
Ron Chernow has captured the very essence of Alexander Hamilton and takes you back to the time of this country's beginning in vivid detail."
"This book was really interesing! The only reason I was reading it was because I was researching on the creation of stocks, but once I started reading I enjoyed the book. This book is not like other biography books I've seen of our founding fathers. The book showed his personal life, and how his wife and him loved each other. This book was also really detailed, the author even mention about Hamilton's wife pregnancy. His wife even create a statue for him after his death. The part I found most interesting was when they talked about Hamilton's plan for the economy, although I learned about it in history. In this book, it doesn't just say what he does ,but it gives you the setting, and what was happening during that day. They talked about how Hamilton proposed the National bank, and found ways to help pay of debt that the U.S. owe to other countries. Also I thought how the author described Hamilton as the one who actually founded a captialist economy and no one else was biased because I remember in history class, Washington was also part of this capitalist economy. I thought that all Federalists supported this type of economy, which was interesting how the author stated that only Hamilton was the one who created the American economy today.One thing I realize while reading this book was the author was really biased. He talked about how good Hamilton was and how everyone found him easy to agree on while he made people such as Jefferson and Burr seem like the "bad guys". I liked how the author gave me a different persepective similar to Zinn's book, but the book took a while to read. He really made the Founding Fathers seem as they are alive. If you are interested in history of the New Nation period, this is a great book for you!"
"Now that I have spent the last several weeks with General Hamilton, pouring over all of his extensive accomplishments, and all his amazing writings that are encapsulated within this mammoth tome, I must admit to a very palpable sorrow here, at the very end. Of course, I knew how it ended-we all know how it ends-with Hamilton cut down by a bullet from the sitting Vice President of the United States; even still, I wasn't prepared for how heartbreaking an end it truly was. Like McCullough's John Adams, Chernow's treatment humanizes and clarifies one of our most important and underappreciated founders. The ascent of this man, from illegitimate origins, to Washington's most trusted confidant; from an orphan in the Caribbean to the principal author of the Federalist Papers, Hamilton was every bit the self made man whose intelligence and brilliance structured and defended the early republic. He was a man of sweeping contradictions-a man who prided himself on his moral fortitude, yet one who gave America its first real sex scandal, concluding, from Hamilton's prolific pen, with its first tell-all book. He was a visionary, conceiving of the America we know today. And his talent with words is staggering.
If all one recalls of Alexander Hamilton is that he was killed in a duel by Aaron Burr, then one is missing out on a phenomenal story and an important one. It is his right, along with Washington, Adams, Jefferson and Madison, to claim place as our most important founder; one of whom, our country likely couldn't have endured without.
(Addendum: Worth noting that it took slightly over 200 years for a sitting Vice President to shoot a man again when Dick Cheney mistook his friend for a quail. Just saying...)"
"When I read a book about a great person I look to find out what made the guy or girl tick, what drove him and what did he do in order to reach his goal. Ron Chernow ,in this great detailed book, answers some of these questions. For example, why is Hamilton against an agrarian economy that Jefferson supports? The answer lies in the fact that he grew up on a farm-rich Caribbean island and yet it was so poor a country.
I get to the end of the book where he is killed in his duel with Burr and unexpectedly found what I thought would be the less interesting part of the story into a thought provoker. Chernow remarks that Hamilton never got to enjoy the elder statesman status like Jefferson and Adams. As a consequence he never got to shape his image while Jefferson lived into his seventies and did a real good job shaping his. I wonder how a fairly unappreciated Hamilton would be much more valued today. I also think what a great man Washington was in that he died at age 66 still serving his country and never cultivated his own image for posterity. So, that is a possible explanation for Washington's slight decline in prestige."
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