Alexander Hamilton : the illustrated biography / Richard Sylla.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Sterling, [2016]Copyright date: �2016Description: xv, 272 pages, 3 foldout pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), portraits ; 27 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781454922759
- 1454922753
- Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804
- Statesmen -- United States -- Biography
- Statesmen -- United States -- Pictorial works
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1809
- Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804
- Statesmen -- United States -- Biography
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1809
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Entertainment & Performing Arts
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Political
- Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804
- Politics and government
- Statesmen
- United States
- Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804
- Statesmen -- United States -- Biography
- United States -- Politics and government
- United States -- History -- 1783-1815
- 1783-1809
- 973.4/092 B 23
- E302.6.H2 S93 2016
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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BOOK | Harrison Memorial Library BIOGRAPHY | Adult Nonfiction | HAMILTON (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31624003702834 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-266) and index.
Introduction: Emerging from the shadows -- Part one: Hamilton in the sun. Immigrant ; Soldier ; Reformer ; Legislator ; Constitutionalist ; Secretary of the treasury ; Abolitionist ; Major general ; Last years -- Part two: Legacies. Hamilton and the development of America ; Hamilton's impact on world history -- Epilogue: Goals and achievements.
"Meet the founding father who made America modern ... An immigrant from the West Indies, he played a crucial part in the political, legal, and economic development of the new nation: He served as Washington's right-hand man during the Revolutionary War; he helped establish the Constitution; he wrote most of The Federalist Papers; and he modernized America's fledgling finances, among other notable achievements. Noted Hamilton scholar and chairman of the Museum of American Finance, Richard Sylla, brings the flesh-and-blood man--student, soldier, lawyer, political scientist, finance minister, and politician--to life and reveals captivating details of his private life as well as his infamous demise at the hands of Vice President Aaron Burr ..."--Provided by publisher.
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