Alexander Hamilton: A Life - Softcover

Randall, Willard Sterne

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Paperback. Pub Date: December 2003 Pages: 512 in Publisher: Harper Perennial From his less than auspicious the start in 1755 on the Caribbean island of Nevis to his untimely death in a duel with his old . Aaron Burr in 1804 Alexander Hamilton. Despite his short life. left a huge legacy.Orphaned at thirteen and apprenticed in a counting house. the precocious Hamilton learned principles of business that helped him create the American financial system and invent the modern corporation. But first the staunch. intrepid Hamilton served in the American Revolution. acting as General Washington's spymaster. Forging a successful legal career. Hamilton coauthored the Federalist Papers and plunged into politics. Irresistibly attractive to women. he was a man of many gifts. but he could be arrogant and was. at times. a poor judge of character.In this meticulously researched. illuminating...

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Willard Sterne Randall is the prize-winning author of thirteen books, including Ethan Allen: His Life and Times; A Little Revenge: Benjamin Franklin at War with His Son; Thomas Jefferson: A Life; George Washington: A Life; and Benedict Arnold: Patriot and Traitor. A finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, he is a professor of history at Champlain College and lives in Burlington, Vermont.

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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Hamiltons turbulent life, the dramatic birth of a nation, all against the richly evoked gritty background of the 18th century--Randalls book is propelled with the page-turning intensity of an epic novel. Ronald Blumer, Peabody Award-winning writerA new reissue of this important biography of Alexander Hamiltonarguably one of the most brilliant and complex of our nations founders.From his less than auspicious start in 1755 on the Caribbean island of Nevis, to his unhappy fate in 1804 in Weehawken, New Jersey, at the hands of his enemy Aaron Burr, Alexander Hamiltons short life left a huge legacy.Orphaned at eleven and apprenticed to a counting house, Hamilton learned the principles of business that helped him, as the first Secretary of the Treasury, create the American banking system and invent the modern corporation. He served in the American Revolution, primarily as aide-de-camp to General Washington, and subsequently developed a successful legal career, co-wrote The Federalist Papers, and built a life in politics. Told in a highly readable style, Alexander Hamilton presents Hamiltons contributions to America, and what they mean today. Alexander Hamilton lead a short life but left a huge legacy. As the first Secretary of the Treasury he helped to create the American banking system and invent the modern corporation. He lived through the American Revolution, went on to build a successful legal career and build a life in politics. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780060954666

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