Alexander Hamilton

This biography follows Alexander Hamilton from his childhood on Nevis and St. Croix through service on George Washington's staff, the Constitutional Convention, the Federalist Papers, and his years as the first Secretary of the Treasury. Chernow traces Hamilton's fights over public credit, the national bank, and foreign policy, his feud with Jefferson and the Republicans, the Reynolds scandal, and the long rivalry with Aaron Burr that ends on the Weehawken duelling ground. The book is a political life of a Caribbean-born founder, set in Revolutionary and early federal America, built from letters, newspapers, and official papers.

Bound in three-quarter brown cloth with paper cover printed with a portrait in brown tones. Dark brown slipcase. Withdrawn soon after issue due to copyright issues.