![]() Things I knew about Hamilton previous to reading this book: 1) He was a bastard 2) His father was Scottish 3) He was friends with Lafayette 4) Aaron Burr killed him in a duel 5) complicated Secretary of State issues and enemy of Thomas Jefferson 6) wanted a central bank 7) wanted strong federal government. And lets be honest, the whole thing could have been about 200 pages shorter and saved us all some heartache. The book is interesting, and has a lot of valid points about one of the lesser known founding fathers, but there were some glaring problems that detracted from the book as a whole. ![]() ![]() As I write this, of course I am assailed with the soothing sounds of Lin Manuel Miranda singing, “Alexander Hamilton, my name is Alexander Hamilton.” I read this book previous to the musical being the hit that it turned out to be, and was skeptical about it because a reader friend of mine had read it and not loved it, but what can one do? It looked big and bulky, and hey, I like history as much as the next gal, so I knew I’d give it a try. ![]()
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