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From National Book Award winner Ron Chernow, 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, National Book Award winner Ron Chernow tells the riveting story of a man who overcame all odds to shape, inspire, and scandalize the newborn America.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and epic.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- unpretentiousprestige
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- Author
- Ron Chernow
- First published
- 2004
- Pages
- 832
- Publisher
- Penguin Press, Penguin Audio, Penguin Random House Audio
- Editions
- 15
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780965906210
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Ronald Chernow is an American writer, journalist, historian, and biographer. He has written bestselling and award-winning biographies of historical figures from the world of business, finance, and American politics. - Wikipedia
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