A review by jeffphilly
Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow

informative relaxing slow-paced

5.0

Simply an epic tome.  This book chronicles the life of one Alexander Hamilton.  Originally from the islands of the Caribbean, the name of which escapes me.  Eventually he emigrated to British colonies of mainland North America.  He settled in North America and attended Columbia University, at the time it was under the moniker of King's College.  With the onset of the American revolution,  he served as George Washington’s aide de camp before becoming in command of an artillery unit.  Post revolution and with the formation of the United States of America, he was appointed as the USA's first Secretary of the Treasury.  To hear the way Chernow describes it his mind was very will built for the position.  The time period was much like ours of today rife with political division.  People in those days if they felt offended to extreme measures.  Hence the penultimate outcome, a duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, a rival of his.  At over 700 pages of text, not including index and footnotes, this book is loaded with details.