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Alexander Hamilton: First Architect Of The American Government
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Most people remember Alexander Hamilton for his final, fatal encounter with Aaron Burr, but his influence on the young nation reaches much further. This biography traces his unlikely path from a difficult childhood in the Caribbean to the battlefields of the Revolution and then into the heart of the new federal government.
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Hamilton's rise was remarkable. He arrived in the colonies with little, earned a place at the side of George Washington, and became a central figure in shaping the country's finances and its constitutional debates. Yet his ambition and his restless personal life brought him as many enemies as allies, and rivals in the Adams and Jefferson camps were eager to undermine him. The book examines the battles, political quarrels and personal scandals that defined his career, and it closes by revisiting the notorious duel and the question of what truly happened that morning.
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