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Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing/Melcher Media
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Lin-Manuel Miranda's groundbreaking musical Hamilton is as revolutionary as its subject, the poor kid from the Caribbean who fought the British, defended the Constitution, and helped to found the United States. Fusing hip-hop, pop, R&B, and the best traditions of theater, this once-in-a-generation show broadens the sound of Broadway, reveals the storytelling power of rap, and claims our country's origins for a diverse new generation. HAMILTON: THE...
Author
Publisher
Dreamscape Media, LLC
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Founding father Alexander Hamilton led a passionate and meaningful life. Nicknamed Little Lion for his short stature and bold ideas, Hamilton played an integral role in the founding of America's union after the Revolutionary War, as well the drafting and executing of America's Constitution. His life, chronicled in Charles Arthur Conant's biography of him, exemplifies that of hard work and accomplishment. Along with fighting in the Revolutionary War,...
Author
Series
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Witches of East End and the Descendants series comes the love story of young Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler.
1777. Albany, New York.
As battle cries of the American Revolution echo in the distance, servants flutter about preparing for one of New York society’s biggest events: the Schuylers’ grand ball. Descended from two...
1777. Albany, New York.
As battle cries of the American Revolution echo in the distance, servants flutter about preparing for one of New York society’s biggest events: the Schuylers’ grand ball. Descended from two...
Author
Series
Publisher
Simple Truths
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Victorious in the War of American Independence, Alexander Hamilton and the founding fathers built the first successful democratic government. They'll forever go down in history as having changed the rules of leadership and redefined what it means to ignite change in people. As a modern day leader, you may not be establishing a new system of government, but the principles of radical leadership still apply, whether you're undertaking a new initiative,...
Author
Language
English
Description
From the New York Times bestselling author of Irena's Children comes a comprehensive and riveting biography of the extraordinary life and times of Eliza Hamilton, the wife of founding father Alexander Hamilton, and a powerful,unsung hero in America's early days. Fans fell in love with Eliza Hamilton--Alexander Hamilton's devoted wife--in Lin-Manuel Miranda's phenomenal musical Hamilton. But they don't know her full story. A strong pioneer woman,...
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
The award-winning, smash Broadway hit, “Hamilton: An American Musical”, continues to captivate sold-out audiences and has sparked unprecedented interest in its historical protagonist.
In “Hamilton: An American Biography”, Tony Williams provides readers with a concise biography that traces the events and values that enabled Hamilton to rise from his youth as a dispossessed orphan to Revolutionary War hero and Founding Father, a life uniquely...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Highlights the life and accomplishments of the founding father, from his childhood as an orphan in the West Indies to his role in developing the Constitution and his tragic death in a duel with Aaron Burr.
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tells the story of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton, a revolutionary woman who, like her new nation, struggled to define herself in the wake of war, betrayal, and tragedy. Tells not just as the wronged wife at the center of a political sex scandal - but also as a founding mother who shaped an American legacy in her own right.--
17) Alexander Hamilton and the Battle of Yorktown, October 1781: the winning of American Independence
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Alexander Hamilton and the Battle of Yorktown, October 1781 is the first book in nearly two and a half centuries that has ever been devoted to the story of Alexander Hamilton’s key contributions in winning the most decisive victory the of the American Revolutionary war at Yorktown. Past biographies of Hamilton, including the most respected ones, have minimized the overall importance of the young lieutenant colonel’s role and battlefield performance...
Author
Publisher
Free Press
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Alexander Hamilton is one of the least understood, most important, and most impassioned and inspiring of the founding fathers.
An impoverished immigrant when he first came to American shores at age fifteen, Hamilton defined what it meant to be American in an age when the definition was up for grabs. He pounced on the opportunities available in New York and rose rapidly as a patriot, war hero, prominent lawyer, pioneering journalist, and author of...
Author
Series
Publisher
F. Watts
Pub. Date
[1986]
Language
English
Description
A biography of the man who among other achievements was a Revolutionary War hero, an aide and advisor to George Washington, a framer of the Constitution, and the first Secretary of the Treasury of the newly formed United States.