Alexander Hamilton: A Life

ISBN: 0060954663

Author: Randall, Willard Sterne

Condition: New

Hamiltons turbulent life, the dramatic birth of a nation, all against the richly evoked gritty background of the 18th century--Randalls book is propelled with the page-turning intensity of an epic novel. - Ronald Blumer, Peabody Award-winning writerA new reissue of this important biography of Alexander Hamilton-arguably one of the most brilliant and complex of our nations founders.From his less than auspicious start in 1755 on the Caribbean island of Nevis, to his unhappy fate in 1804 in Weehawken, New Jersey, at the hands of his enemy Aaron Burr, Alexander Hamiltons short life left a huge legacy.Orphaned at eleven and apprenticed to a counting house, Hamilton learned the principles of business that helped him, as the first Secretary of the Treasury, create the American banking system and invent the modern corporation. He served in the American Revolution, primarily as aide-de-camp to General Washington, and subsequently developed a successful legal career, co-wrote The Federalist Papers, and built a life in politics. Told in a highly readable style, Alexander Hamilton presents Hamiltons contributions to America, and what they mean today.