Page Count: 731
Average Rating: 4.22
Series: Standalone
Fantastic biography. I knew a lot of the history here through school and (of course) watching/listening to Hamilton about 1000 times. But there were still a ton of new things I didn't know. It was almost too thorough in some places. I guess I get it - there are so many things Hamilton did that if he had done just one of those things he would be worthy of a biography (if that makes sense). But he did them all. He established or was a major influence on the treasury and national bank, the coast guard, our military system, a ton of our legal precedent, the federalist papers, the constitution, the two party system, American capitalism and industry, his ghost writing for Washington. For better or for worse, he was the mastermind behind a ton of workings of our current government system. Not to mention his "came from nothing immigrant story" or the first major sex scandal, his history with Burr, or his love story with Eliza - which would interesting books in themselves.
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