Alexander Hamilton: The Biography

ISBN-10: 1096119900
ISBN-13: 9781096119906
Series: Alexander Hamilton
Pages: 37
Language: English
Published: 2019-04-27
Author: University Press

Description

University Press returns with another short and captivating portrait of one of history's most compelling figures, Alexander Hamilton. Alexander Hamilton was a bastard and an orphan from a remote island in the Caribbean. Yet he went on to become one of the elite Founding Fathers of the United States, and, as America's first Treasury Secretary, the founder of the nation's financial system. A man of honor, conviction, and genius, Alexander was still not immune to scandal and conflict. His extra-marital affair deeply hurt his beloved wife and brought him ridicule from his political opponents. And his dispute with Vice President Aaron Burr resulted in their famous duel - and in Hamilton's violent and premature death. This short book tells the intensely human story of a man who changed the world in a way that no one else could.