Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow

Alexander Hamilton

Ron Chernow

832 pages first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction biography history politics informative slow-paced
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The riveting life of Alexander Hamilton, an illegitimate, largely self-taught orphan from the Caribbean who overcame all the odds to become George Washington's aide-de-camp and the first Treasury Secretary of the United States. Few figures in Amer...

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informative 98%
reflective 35%
inspiring 32%
challenging 31%
emotional 14%
adventurous 12%
sad 9%
hopeful 5%
tense 4%
dark 2%
funny 2%
relaxing 2%

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medium 27%
fast 1%

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