Biography
Alexander Hamilton
Ron Chernow
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How a penniless orphan from the Caribbean built the financial and institutional machinery of the United States, and made enemies who destroyed him.
The definitive biography of the first Treasury Secretary — immigrant, soldier, author of most of the Federalist Papers, architect of American finance — that inspired the musical.
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