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• catalog abstract "An account of one of the most ingenious and complex founders of the United States traces his life, from his birth on the Caribbean Island of Nevis to his untimely demise in Weehawken, New Jersey in 1804. In the first full, one-volume biography of Alexander Hamilton in more than two decades, award-winning historian Willard Sterne Randall takes a fresh look at one of the most brilliant, conflicted, and elusive of our nation's founders. Orphaned at thirteen and apprenticed in a counting house, the precocious Hamilton learned principles of business that helped him, as the first U.S. secretary of the treasury, to create the American banking system and invent the modern corporation. But first the staunch, intrepid Hamilton served in the American Revolution, primarily as aide-de-camp to General Washington, acting as Washington's spymaster. Forging a successful legal career, Hamilton coauthored The Federalist Papers and plunged into politics. Irresistibly attractive to women, he was a man of many gifts, but he could be arrogant and was at times a poor judge of character. In this meticulously researched, illuminating, and lively account, Willard Sterne Randall mines the latest scholarship to provide a new perspective on Alexander Hamilton, his illegitimate birth, little-known military activities, political and diplomatic intrigues, and sometimes scandalous private life. From his less than auspicious start in 1755 on the Caribbean island of Nevis to his untimely death in a duel with his old enemy Aaron Burr in 1804, Alexander Hamilton, despite his short and tragic life, left a huge legacy. - Jacket flap.".
• catalog contributor b12695688.
• catalog coverage "United States Politics and government 1783-1809.".
• catalog created "c2003.".
• catalog date "2003".
• catalog date "c2003.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
• catalog description "1 "The Wish of My Heart" 1 -- 2 "A Short Time to Live" 6 -- 3 "Twice Guilty of Adultery" 10 -- 4 "I Wish There Was a War" 22 -- 5 "A Wandering Guest in Worlds Unknown" 42 -- 6 "Americans Are Entitled to Freedom" 65 -- 7 "Men Go to Those Who Pay Them" 100 -- 8 "We Shall Beat Them Soundly" 126 -- 9 "A System of Infidelity" 150 -- 10 "Treason of the Blackest Dye" 179 -- 11 "Then We Must Part" 215 -- 12 "The Art of Fleecing Neighbors" 246 -- 13 "Acquisition of Power and Profit" 288 -- 14 "What May This Lead To?" 317 -- 15 "The Compass of National Authority" 354 -- 16 "A Host unto Himself" 385.".
• catalog description "An account of one of the most ingenious and complex founders of the United States traces his life, from his birth on the Caribbean Island of Nevis to his untimely demise in Weehawken, New Jersey in 1804.".
• catalog description "In the first full, one-volume biography of Alexander Hamilton in more than two decades, award-winning historian Willard Sterne Randall takes a fresh look at one of the most brilliant, conflicted, and elusive of our nation's founders. Orphaned at thirteen and apprenticed in a counting house, the precocious Hamilton learned principles of business that helped him, as the first U.S. secretary of the treasury, to create the American banking system and invent the modern corporation. But first the staunch, intrepid Hamilton served in the American Revolution, primarily as aide-de-camp to General Washington, acting as Washington's spymaster. Forging a successful legal career, Hamilton coauthored The Federalist Papers and plunged into politics. Irresistibly attractive to women, he was a man of many gifts, but he could be arrogant and was at times a poor judge of character. In this meticulously researched, illuminating, and lively account, Willard Sterne Randall mines the latest scholarship to provide a new perspective on Alexander Hamilton, his illegitimate birth, little-known military activities, political and diplomatic intrigues, and sometimes scandalous private life. From his less than auspicious start in 1755 on the Caribbean island of Nevis to his untimely death in a duel with his old enemy Aaron Burr in 1804, Alexander Hamilton, despite his short and tragic life, left a huge legacy. - Jacket flap.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [427]-452) and index.".
• catalog extent "xiii, 476 p. :".
• catalog identifier "0060195495 (acid-free paper)".
• catalog issued "2003".
• catalog issued "c2003.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New York : HarperCollins,".
• catalog spatial "United States Politics and government 1783-1809.".
• catalog spatial "United States".
• catalog subject "973.4/092 B 21".
• catalog subject "E302.6.H2 R25 2003".
• catalog subject "Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804.".
• catalog subject "Statesmen United States Biography.".
• catalog tableOfContents "1 "The Wish of My Heart" 1 -- 2 "A Short Time to Live" 6 -- 3 "Twice Guilty of Adultery" 10 -- 4 "I Wish There Was a War" 22 -- 5 "A Wandering Guest in Worlds Unknown" 42 -- 6 "Americans Are Entitled to Freedom" 65 -- 7 "Men Go to Those Who Pay Them" 100 -- 8 "We Shall Beat Them Soundly" 126 -- 9 "A System of Infidelity" 150 -- 10 "Treason of the Blackest Dye" 179 -- 11 "Then We Must Part" 215 -- 12 "The Art of Fleecing Neighbors" 246 -- 13 "Acquisition of Power and Profit" 288 -- 14 "What May This Lead To?" 317 -- 15 "The Compass of National Authority" 354 -- 16 "A Host unto Himself" 385.".
• catalog title "Alexander Hamilton : a life / Willard Sterne Randall.".
• catalog type "Biography. fast".
• catalog type "text".