A review by renatasnacks
Alexander Hamilton: the Outsider by Ian Schoenherr, Jean Fritz
3.0
OK so this is hard to rate because obviously I'm mentally comparing it to Chernow's [b:Alexander Hamilton|16130|Alexander Hamilton|Ron Chernow|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1436131915s/16130.jpg|1205304], and that is an 800-page biography for adults, and this is a 1oo-page biography for children. BUT, I still feel like it's fair for me to say that this is leaving out some of the most interesting parts. Like, obviously this isn't going to go into the kind of detail about dueling and the code duello that Chernow did, but I feel like it's pretty important to understand how dueling works, and also pretty cool and interesting? It seems like a no-brainer to talk about dueling in your children's biography of Alexander Hamilton. (To be fair: it does, but not enough.)
It also seems like it did not define a lot of terms that I don't think children would understand? Like "aide-de-camp" for example. On the other hand I thought it did a decent job addressing the Reynolds Pamphlet without going into too much detail, although kids might be confused why it was such a big problem for Hamilton to "see" Maria Reynolds.
WHATEVER, it's fine. If a kid needs to write a report about Hamilton this would do it. If a kid is obsessed with a Broadway musical about Hamilton and wants the full story they are going to have to rise up to the challenge and read the Chernow.
It also seems like it did not define a lot of terms that I don't think children would understand? Like "aide-de-camp" for example. On the other hand I thought it did a decent job addressing the Reynolds Pamphlet without going into too much detail, although kids might be confused why it was such a big problem for Hamilton to "see" Maria Reynolds.
WHATEVER, it's fine. If a kid needs to write a report about Hamilton this would do it. If a kid is obsessed with a Broadway musical about Hamilton and wants the full story they are going to have to rise up to the challenge and read the Chernow.