Reviews for Alexander Hamilton: Portrait in Paradox
Review - Alexander Hamilton: Portrait in Paradox
Great biography of my personal favorite founding father.
Reviewed by Roger on 1999-12-16 08:27:00
Alexander Hamilton: Portrait in Paradoxby John C. Miller | |
| Category: |
"U.S. History - Political" |
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| Pages: | 576 |
| Year of Publication: | 1959 |
| Date Read: | 06/01/1988 |
| Notes: | Hamilton played a key role in the early formation of the American government. A man of great intelligence and ambition, he served on Washington's Revolutionary War staff from 1777-1781. After the war Hamilton co-wrote the Federalist essays(with John Jay and James Madison). Hamilton believed in a strong central government and a strong national bank, convictions which put him at odds with Thomas Jefferson. In 1789 President Washington appointed Hamilton as the country's first Secretary of the Treasury, a post he held until 1795. Hamilton's political feud with Jefferson's vice president, Aaron Burr, led to a duel with pistols on July 11, 1804. Hamilton was mortally wounded and died the next day. |
| My Rating: | 9 |