01775cam a2200313 i 4500 298594469 TxAuBib 20170712120000.0 161208s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2016056559 9781250123190 19.99 1250123194 19.99 eng rda TxAuBib rda Brockenbrough, Martha. Alexander Hamilton, revolutionary [BOOK] / Martha Brockenbrough. New York : Feiwel and Friends, 2017. 372 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references. Complex, passionate, brilliant, flawed-Alexander Hamilton comes alive in this exciting biography. 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 and scandalous personal life; his heartrending end. Richly informed by Hamilton's own writing, with archival artwork and new illustrations, this is an in-depth biography of an extraordinary man. 1000L Lexile. 20170915. Hamilton, Alexander 1757-1804 Juvenile literature. Statesmen United States Biography Juvenile literature. Biographies. United States Politics and government 1783-1809 Juvenile literature.