The Essential Hamilton: Letters & Other Writings: A Library of America Special Publication

ISBN: 1598535366

Author: Hamilton, Alexander

Condition: New

Go beyond Lin-Manuel Mirandas Hamilton and get to know the real Alexander Hamilton in this Library of America collection of the Founding Fathers own public and private writings.A brash immigrant who rose to become George Washingtons right-hand man. A fierce partisan whose nationalist vision made him Thomas Jeffersons bitter rival. An unfaithful husband whose commitment to personal honor brought his life to a tragic early end. The amazing success of Lin-Manuel Mirandas musical Hamilton has stoked an extraordinary resurgence of interest in Alexander Hamilton, the brilliant and divisive founder who profoundly shaped the American republic. Now, Library of America presents an unrivaled portrait of Hamilton in his own words, charting his meteoric rise, his controversial tenure as treasury secretary, and his scandalous final years-all culminating in his infamous duel with Aaron Burr.Selected and introduced by acclaimed historian Joanne B. Freeman, The Essential Hamilton is a readers edition of the Founding Father's public writings and private letters, plus the correspondence between Burr and Hamilton that led to their duel and two conflicting eyewitness accounts of their fatal encounter.