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Summary: Discover the incredible story of Alexander Hamilton, who rose from humble beginnings to become one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 HAMChernow, Ron.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Audio 2004
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 HAMILTON, ALEXANDER CheChernow, Ron.
Summary: Publisher's description: In the first full-length biography of Alexander Hamilton in decades, National Book Award winner Ron Chernow tells the riveting story of a man who overcame all odds to shape, inspire, and scandalize the newborn America. According to historian Joseph Ellis, Alexander Hamilton is "a robust full-length portrait, in my view the best ever written, of the most brilliant,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist US HamiltonChernow, Ron.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2004
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 973.4 CHELowell, Barbara
Summary: With his face on the ten-dollar bill and an award-winning musical about his life, it's clear that Alexander Hamilton's story is one worth telling. Despite feeling like an outsider, Hamilton fought hard to form a united nation with a strong central government-and many of his ideas are still relevant today! With this illustrated leveled reader, kids can learn more about the man who, in many ways,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR BLUE LOWBrockenbrough, Martha
Summary: "A richly illustrated portrait of the Founding Father and first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury describes his experiences as an illegitimate orphan, soldier, friend, philanderer, political firebrand and financial whiz whose groundbreaking policies continue to shape today's American government"--Publisher Born out of wedlock on a small island in the West Indies and orphaned as a teenager,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2017
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Summary: "He was born out of wedlock on a small island in the West Indies and orphaned as a teenager. From those inauspicious circumstances, he rose to a position of power and influence in colonial America. Discover this founding father's incredible true story: his brilliant scholarship and military career; his groundbreaking and enduring policy, which shapes American government today; his salacious...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2017
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 921 HAMILTON, ALEXANDER BROPollack, Pam
Summary: Highlights the life and accomplishments of the founding father, from his childhood as an orphan in the West Indies to his role in developing the Constitution and his tragic death in a duel with Aaron Burr.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 HAMCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 HAMCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET HAMILTONMcDonald, Forrest.
Summary: In this critical reinterpretation of Hamilton's life, the first Secretary of the Treasury is perceived as an ambitious man whose self-appointed mission was to create a new social order in America based not on status but on money.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Norton 1979
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HAMILTON, ALEXANDER MCDRandall, Willard Sterne.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HAMILTON, ALEXANDER RANSylla, Richard Eugene
Summary: "Meet the founding father who made America modern... An immigrant from the West Indies, he played a crucial part in the political, legal, and economic development of the new nation: He served as Washington’s right-hand man during the Revolutionary War; he helped establish the Constitution; he wrote most of The Federalist Papers; and he modernized America’s fledgling finances,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HAMILTON, ALEXANDER SYLKulling, Monica
Summary: Presents an introduction to the life and achievements of Alexander Hamilton, including his early years as an orphan in the West Indies, his role in the Revolutionary War and his contributions as America's first secretary of the treasury.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: J Bio HamiltonKanefield, Teri
Summary: "The America that Alexander Hamilton knew was largely agricultural and built on slave labor. In contrast, he envisioned something different: along with agriculture and small towns, he imagined a multiracial, urbanized, capitalistic America with a strong central government. A poor immigrant, Hamilton believed that such an America would be a land of opportunity for newcomers. His vision put him...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 HAMAndros, Camille
Summary: The author presents a picture book biography of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton, co-founder and director of the first private orphanage in New York City and wife of founding father Alexander Hamilton.--adapted from publisher's description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2019
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB HAMILTON ANDHamilton, Alexander
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 342.73 HAMHennessey, Jonathan
Summary: "This complete graphic novel-style biography presents the life and legacy of one of the most influential figures in United States history. Alexander Hamilton was on hand for the Revolutionary War, the development of the Constitution, and the establishment of the Treasury and banking as we have come to know them today. Cut down by a bullet from political rival Aaron Burr, Hamilton may have faded...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Press 2017
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HAMILTON, ALEXANDER HENMazzeo, Tilar J.
Summary: "From the New York Times bestselling author of Irena's Children comes a comprehensive and riveting biography of the extraordinary life and times of Eliza Hamilton, the wife of founding father Alexander Hamilton, and a powerful, unsung hero in America's early days. Fans fell in love with Eliza Hamilton--Alexander Hamilton's devoted wife--in Lin-Manuel Miranda's phenomenal musical Hamilton. But...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc. 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HAMILTON, ELIZA MAZScott, Susan Holloway
Summary: Daughter of a respected general, Elizabeth Schuyler was captivated by Alexander Hamilton, a charismatic, ambitious aide to George Washington. They marry and despite the tumult of the American Revolution, Eliza is confident in her brilliant husband and in her role as his helpmate. Publicly Eliza becomes an adored member of society, respected for her fierce devotion to Hamilton as well as her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SCOHamilton, Alexander
Summary: The smash-hit musical Hamilton presents its central character as a truth-telling immigrant boot-strapper who used his extraordinary intelligence to make good--but what was he really like? Let the man himself, a prolific and extremely effective writer, tell his story in his own words. Organized chronologically, this collection of Alexander Hamilton's personal letters, business and governmental...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.409 HAMDray, Stephanie
Summary: A fictional retelling of the life of Eliza Hamilton describes her passionate dedication to America's independence, her unlikely marriage to penniless but brilliant officer Alexander Hamilton, and the turmoil and tragedies that challenged her legacy.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC DRACobbs Hoffman, Elizabeth
Summary: The sweeping, tumultuous, true love story of Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler, from tremulous beginning to bittersweet ending; his at a dueling ground on the shores of the Hudson River, hers more than half a century later after a brave, successful life.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC COBSummary: The documentary captures the amazing life and times of our nation₂s forgotten founding father: Alexander Hamilton. Exploring the iconic American political and financial institutions he helped to create, from the U.S. Mint and Wall Street to the two-party political system.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2017
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2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV HAMGroom, Winston
Summary: "In this masterful narrative, historian Winston Groom transports readers to the world of the American Revolution, where bold ideas, improbable events, and three extraordinary characters led to the remarkable birth of the country we know today. When the Revolutionary War ended in victory, there remained a stupendous problem: establishing a workable democratic government in the vast, newly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books, Inc. 2020
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 973.3092 GRODavis, William C.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University Press of Kansas 2001