jeffeddings 's review for:

Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow

4.0

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Fascinating book, especially in the light of the current political context. We think this is bad? You should read this and see how the founding fathers treated each other! I mean Hamilton was shot dead by the Vice-President of the the United States....They despised each other and wrote massive pamphlets declaring their disdain for one another. Hamilton would have hated twitter. Only 14o characters to express his feelings when he would write incredibly long articles to be published over the course of weeks! I am not sure the Donald can do much beyond stringing 2 tweets together.
Hamilton was a brilliant and amazing man. Imperfect for sure but he had a tremendous impact on the writing of the Constitution and the formation of the country. Takes a while to get through but worth it.