Alexander Hamilton : from obscurity to greatness / compiled and edited by John P. Kaminski.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kaminski, John P., compiler, editor.

Series:

Word portraits of America's founders

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804--Sources.

Hamilton, Alexander.

Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804.

Statesmen--United States--Biography--Sources.

Statesmen.

Politics and government.

United States--Politics and government--1775-1783--Sources.

United States.

United States--Politics and government--1783-1809--Sources.

Statesmen--Biography.

Genre:

Sources.

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xxii, 222 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Madison : Wisconsin Historical Society Press, [2016]

Summary:

"Born in 1755 on a small Caribbean island to unmarried parents, Alexander Hamilton did not enjoy the privileges of wealth or heredity by which so many of his contemporaries advanced to the highest levels of power. Yet Hamilton's natural ability and ambition earned him prevailing influence in the American Revolution and the government created thereafter, eventually securing his place in the pantheon of America's founders. Editor John P. Kaminski has gathered a remarkable collection of quotations by and about Alexander Hamilton that paint for us a nuanced portrait of a complex man. Through his own words and the words of his contemporaries -- including the man who killed him in a duel, Aaron Burr -- we can gain a better understanding of this fascinating man who rose from anonymity on a small Caribbean island to the corridors of power." -- Amazon.com website.

Contents:

Descriptions of Alexander Hamilton

Hamilton's descriptions of others

Emblematic quotations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-210) and index.

ISBN:

9780870208034

0870208039

OCLC:

948339489

Publisher Number:

99969104831