Willard Sterne Randall

Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-382).

Presents a biography of the frontier Founding Father who led a daring attack on Fort Ticonderoga and almost single-handedly brought the state of Vermont into the Union.

Tells the life story of founding father Alexander Hamilton, from his illegitimate birth in the Caribbean to his violent death at the age of forty-nine.

"In 1776, upon the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the Founding Fathers concluded America's most consequential document with a curious note, pledging "our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor." Lives and honor did indeed hang in the balance, yet just what were their fortunes? How much did the Founders stand to gain or lose through independence? And what lingering consequences did their respective financial stakes have on liberty, justice,...

"Hamilton's turbulent life, the dramatic birth of a nation, all against the richly evoked gritty background of the 18th century--Randall's book is propelled with the page-turning intensity of an epic novel." - Ronald Blumer, Peabody Award-winning writer A new reissue of this important biography of Alexander Hamilton-arguably one of the most brilliant and complex of our nation's founders. From his less than auspicious start in 1755 on the Caribbean...