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

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Word portraits of America's foundersPublication details: Madison : Wisconsin Historical Society Press, (c)2016.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780870208041
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • E302 .A449 2016
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
Hamilton's descriptions of others -- Emblematic quotations.
Subject: "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 --
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Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE Non-fiction E302.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Link to resource Available ocn960276806

Includes bibliographies and index.

Descriptions of Alexander Hamilton -- Hamilton's descriptions of others -- Emblematic quotations.

"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 --

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