alexander hamilton – Cannonball Read 17

“A barbarian who cannot write a sentence of grammar and can hardly spell his own name.” (John Quincy Adams)

Andrew Jackson: The Making of America by Teri Kanefield

February 6, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

This book took a while to get through, not because it is bad, but I was reading other books at the time and the subject was not 100% grabbing me. This book (as the title says) shows us Andrew Jackson and his part in Making America. And this is not an easy subject. Andrew Jackson: The Making of America is the second book in this series). Alexander Hamilton was the first and Lincoln will be the third and Susan B. Anthony: the fourth. So far, […]

The ten-dollar Founding Father without a father

August 12, 2018 by KimMiE" 8 Comments

My first CBR 10 Bingo entry: Not my wheelhouse! I don’t read much history and I don’t read many biographies; an historical biography might be an actual first for me. I confess, I was swept away by the Hamilton Mania triggered by Lin-Manual Miranda’s fabulous musical about the founding father who grew up an orphan, immigrated to America, fought in the American Revolution, started the First Bank of the United States, and died as a result of a gunshot wound administered by Aaron Burr. Let’s […]

How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore and a Scotsman dropped in the middle of a forgotten spot in the Caribbean by providence impoverished in squalor, grow up to be a hero and a scholar?

July 13, 2018 by Caitlin_D Leave a Comment

Despite never seeing the Tony Award winning musical I am unabashedly in love with the Hamilton soundtrack and while I plan to seek out Hamilton: The Revolution (as well as sell a kidney to see Hamilton when it comes to Dallas next year) I think Chernow’s Alexander Hamilton is a more expansive take on one of America’s founding fathers and I’m glad I started here. Lin-Manuel Miranda has made Hamilton a household name again after nearly two hundred years and Chernow’s biography played a big role in Miranda’s research. “Hamilton’s relatively short life robbed him […]

The Ten Dollar Founding Father

March 6, 2017 by yesknopemaybe 2 Comments

I’m not a great reader of biographies or even non-fiction. However, after learning so much about Alexander Hamilton through the musical, I decided to take a deep dive into the actual history of Hamilton’s life. I expected this biography would be interesting and informative, but I did not anticipate how moving and readable Chernow’s book would be. This book with 731 pages was practically a page turner. I’m a fan of pared down writing with no unnecessary diversions. If you read through my past reviews […]

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