madmonk3030 's review for:

Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow

4.0

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Absolutely fantastic read! If you've enjoyed the Hamilton music as it was recently released on Disney +, reading this book is a great way to enhance the experience. There are obviously historical changes Miranda made with his musical to both accommodate time and achieving an overall coherent theme, which is corrected and filled in with this book. Chernow is well known for covering broad ranges of American history incorporating seemingly disconnected details in a way that is more systematic and understandable for the reader than one would expect to be possible. His deep and broad ranging research is obvious, and it connects in a way that gives you an electric feeling of presence with the live experience of history as he describes finding items in personal letters and diaries he's reviewed.