Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow

Alexander Hamilton

Ron Chernow

832 pages first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction biography history politics informative slow-paced

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The riveting life of Alexander Hamilton, an illegitimate, largely self-taught orphan from the Caribbean who overcame all the odds to become George Washington's aide-de-camp and the first Treasury Secretary of the United States. Few figures in Amer...

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informative 98%
reflective 36%
inspiring 33%
challenging 29%
emotional 13%
adventurous 12%
sad 10%
hopeful 6%
tense 5%
funny 2%
dark 1%
relaxing 1%

Pace

slow 68%
medium 30%
fast 1%

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