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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://umaryland.worldcat.org/oclc/635825160 Title: The young Hamilton : a biography Author: James Thomas Flexner Publisher: New York : Fordham University Press, 1997. ISBN/ISSN: 0823217892 9780823217892 0823217906 9780823217908 OCLC:635825160

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The young Hamilton : a biography

Author:	James Thomas Flexner
Publisher:	New York : Fordham University Press, 1997.
Edition/Format:	Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	Written as a character study, Young Hamilton, explores the first twenty-six years of Alexander Hamilton's life and is designed to reveal how Hamilton's early years shaped him into the statesman he became. Read more...

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Genre/Form:	Biographies Biographie Biography
Named Person:	Alexander Hamilton; Alexander Hamilton; Alexander Hamilton; Alexander Hamilton
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	James Thomas Flexner Find more information about:
ISBN:	0823217892 9780823217892 0823217906 9780823217908
OCLC Number:	635825160
Notes:	Originally published: Boston : Little, Brown, ©1978. With new foreword.
Description:	497 Seiten : Illustrationen
Responsibility:	James Thomas Flexner.
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"Flexner's great achievement is that he has written a life that even the most rabid Jeffersonian can applaud. Admiring and critical at the same time, Flexner scrutinizes his subject's early years to Read more...

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For A Deeper Understanding Of A Remarkable Life

by jmgallen (WorldCat user published 2018-05-27) Very Good

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James Thomas Flexner’s “The Young Hamilton” unique perspective is that it devotes 46 of its 47 chapters to its subject’s...
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James Thomas Flexner’s “The Young Hamilton” unique perspective is that it devotes 46 of its 47 chapters to its subject’s life from birth in 1757 to 1783 which excludes his days in the Constitutional Convention, as Secretary of the Treasury in the Washington administration and his regime unsettling rivalry with Thomas Jefferson. Even this relatively short career had accomplishments enough for a long life. During this time Hamilton lived in the West Indies as the child of a broken relationship (his parents were never able to marry) and the orphaned son of a mother who died young, commenced a mercantile career, moved to the mainland and pursued an education. Arriving in New York just as the revolutionary spirits were rising he became progressively involved in protests and military units. While serving in an artillery unit he attracted the attention of General Washington at whose behest he joined his staff. The responsibilities Washington assigned to Hamilton to compose orders and other communications evidence the respect that his personality and work commanded. This tome covers several crucial events during the Revolutionary War including the capture of Maj. Andre and the betrayal of Benedict Arnold, the message to Congress to evacuate Philadelphia, and the Battle of Yorktown.

In the bibliography of many this work has been superseded by more modern texts. I find that the understanding of an historical figure is enhanced by reading biographies written at different times. I think that besides presenting a 1970s view of Hamilton “The Young Hamilton” forces the reader to pay attention to the incredible rise that prepared its subject for the challenges he would face when championing the writing and adoption of the Constitution and the organization of the government that it created. I recommend more modern biographies for an introduction to Alexander Hamilton and Flexner’s volume for a deeper understanding of this remarkable life.

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