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  • ISBN: 0875865003
  • Category: Biographies
  • Author: Joseph A. Murray
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  • Language: English
  • Publisher: Algora Publishing (April 2, 2007)
  • Pages: 264 pages
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Alexander Hamilton: AmericaOCOs Forgotten Founder describes the character and achievements of a man .

Alexander Hamilton: AmericaOCOs Forgotten Founder describes the character and achievements of a man who was instrumental in casting the form of our government and especially its strong financial structure. Born in the West Indies, Alexander Hamilton migrated to America when he was fifteen years old, at a time when Colonial America was torn by political unrest with Great Britain.

Hamilton had a better vision of the country's potential than any other Founder,' says Joseph Murray With relentless self-study, even during the war, he taught.

Alexander Hamilton: America’s Forgotten Founder describes the character and achievements of a man who was instrumental in casting the form of our government and especially its strong financial structure. Hamilton had a better vision of the country's potential than any other Founder,' says Joseph Murray With relentless self-study, even during the war, he taught himself about the law, finance, and taxation. After the war, Hamilton's plans for consolidating state and federal debts, and creating a national bank, were anathema to rivals like Thomas Jefferson.

Alexander Hamilton promoted a vigorous national government to create a strong and unified country out of a mixed bag of 13. .Hamilton's varied contributions give him a claim to the title of architect of the US Government.

Alexander Hamilton promoted a vigorous national government to create a strong and unified country out of a mixed bag of 13 sovereign states. Alexander Hamilton: America's Forgotten Founder introduces the general reader to some of the challenges and controversies of the early days of the Republic and highlights Hamilton's brilliant contributions to US policy and structure.

Home Browse Books Book details, Alexander Hamilton: America's Forgotten Founder. In three years, while Hamilton was acquiring an education, the political unrest with Great Britain transitioned into a crisis that finally ignited at Lexington and Concord. Alexander Hamilton: America's Forgotten Founder.

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ALEXANDER HAMILTON Grab this GREAT physical book now at a limited time discounted price! . It was a very interesting read. Learned a lot of new facts about one of our founding fathers.

ALEXANDER HAMILTON Grab this GREAT physical book now at a limited time discounted price! This book serves as a biography of Alexander Hamilton. The book also covers the feud with Jefferson - two different ideologies clashing. Then the book covers his countless duties in Revolutionary War while being an aide to General Washington. Many of his ideas are implanted in history and sill seen in modern day life. Use of tariffs, coast guard, federal bank - just to name a few.

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Alexander Hamilton: America's Forgotten Founder describes the character and achievements of a man who was instrumental in casting the form of our government and especially its strong financial structure. His financial innovations renewed the public credit when war debts threatened to swamp the fledgling economy, provided a stable currency system and established a federal revenue system. Hamilton s involvement in the foreign affairs of the new republic assured its unity, sovereignty and rapid economic growth.Born in the West Indies, Alexander Hamilton migrated to America when he was fifteen years old, at a time when Colonial America was torn by political unrest with Great Britain. He served in the Revolution as General Washington s chief aide-de-camp and as an officer in combat units. He was a persuasive presence in the Constitutional Convention and helped to lead the subsequent ratification process.Hamilton was a proponent for a strong central government, believing that its direct influence over the people would strengthen the unity of the country. As Secretary of the Treasury, he understood that a strong financial system was essential to provide credibility and economic growth to the new republic. He based his financial plan on the consolidation of the national debt and the adoption of a taxation system to service and retire that debt. He promoted the chartering of the Bank of the United States as the keystone to his financial plan. Arguably the Father of Federalism, Hamilton gave more to the structure and process of the United States government then any other single individual. His opponents, principally the Jeffersonian Republicans, argued for greater sovereignty for state governments and sought to diminish the role of wealth in structuring and operating the financial systems of the country. When it came, the Civil War vindicated Hamilton's politics over Jefferson's view of a more tenuous and tentative union.He authored the lion's share of The Federalist Papers, writings which remain an important guide to the meaning and the intended function of the Constitution today. Regrettably, the hostility of his political opponents has transcended the country's recognition of the debt owed to this man.This work introduces the general reader to some of the challenges and controversies of the early days of the Republic and highlights Hamilton's brilliant contributions to US policy and structure. Hamilton promoted a vigorous national government to create a strong and unified country out of a mixed bag of 13 sovereign states. This book was written for the broad cross-section of American readers, particularly those who, while not having an abiding interest in history, would welcome an interestingly written, brief history of Hamilton's life and the great events surrounding the founding of the nation. The book is also suited for high school and college-level students of US history. Other recently published biographies of Alexander Hamilton are lengthy and minutely detailed. While those will be useful tools for the more serious students of history, they are unwieldy and off-putting to the general reader. Most Americans today have little understanding of the character, the life and accomplishments of Alexander Hamilton, an extraordinary man by any account and an extraordinary American. The current work intends to make his life and accomplishments accessible to a broader public.
Reviews about Alexander Hamilton America's Forgotten Founder (4):
Berenn
I purchased this book to complete a project for a college history course. I could have read it online, but I've always found it easier to buy the book. This was a really well written book and presented the life of Alexander Hamilton in a clear, organized, chronological order. It went into more detail than I really cared to learn, but it was an interesting read. I'm really not a history buff so, if you are, you might even like it more than I did.
Roru
I thought this was an excellent book through which the author substantiates his premise that Alexander Hamilton is indeed a "forgotten founder." He is remembered by most for his untimely end after his infamous duel with Aaron Burr. Indeed, his enigmatic personality which lead in part to the duel, may also have been responsible for his status as a forgotten founder. The author sketches Hamilton's somewhat humble origin from his birth in the Caribbean through his life as a founding father. The author convincingly argues that Hamilton was involved overtly or behind the scenes in virtually every event in our young nation's life from the Revolution through the adoption of the U.S. Constitution and beyond. Hamilton's position and influence as an aide to General Washington, or as one of the trinity of writers of the Federalist Papers, or as our first Secretary of the Treasury, amply demonstrate his influence at the highest levels of government. Perhaps no founding father argued more forcefully for the need for a strong federal government. For the young nation to be respected among the world's powers, Hamilton believed that the country needed a stable financial system. This lead of course to his plan for chartering the Bank of the United States. His prescience for that National Bank was amply demonstrated during the War of 1812 when the country desperately needed loans but had no national bank because its Charter had been allowed to expire at the end of its original 20-year term.

Why then "forgotten founder"? The author argues that Hamilton's personalty and strongly held opinions were partially responsible. He made many enemies because, as the author points out, he would stick to his convictions to both his political and personal detriment. His position on returning confiscated property to Tories was unpopular as was his conviction regarding the integrity of contracts over the perceived rights of war veterans. Once the Federalists lost power, it was perhaps much easier to discredit both Hamilton and his "politics." Because of his untimely death, (with apologies to Shakespeare) it is possible that his perceived evils lived after him while the good he did was interred with his bones. History has done a good job of documenting Hamilton's negatives, including his enigmatic personalty, his marital infidelity, and his obstinacy which lead to many (and frequently unjustified) personal attacks by his enemies. The author, while not overlooking Hamilton's personal foibles, has done an excellent job of restoring him to his proper place as one of the preeminent founders.

I found this to be a fascinating book. For those with some background in American history I think it is an excellent review of the Revolution and the founding of our nation. I believe it would also serve as a good primer for anyone who has an interest in American history. I found the book to be very interesting and for me very educational. In short, I thoroughly enjoyed reading it.
Tamesya
The author of Alexander Hamilton - America's Forgotten Founder brings to light the unique accomplishments that this too often overlooked founder of our republic played in the formation of our government. It is a well-researched and skillfully written book that quickly captures the attention of the reader, whether a student of American history, or a casual general browser.

This is a book that reveals both the man as well as his many outstanding and varied accomplishments in an easily understandable way. Whether during the revolution where the colonies all characteristically pulled against each other, or later when the states were reluctant to give up an inch of their sovereignty, or during the complex financial problems of the new republic, the author spotlights the most remarkable role Alexander Hamilton played in resolving what seemed like insurmountable obstacles. No other book makes Alexander Hamilton more clearly defined in an easily understandable way. Aid-de-camp and trusted confidant of General Washington, first to fire a shot at Yorktown, and later a major general, stirs any student of military history to appreciate Alexander Hamilton as the man he was. Gifted writer, financier, and first Secretary of the Treasury are only a few of his great accomplishments. Any reader of this book is left with a lot more to remember of Alexander Hamilton than his duel with Burr.

Most interestingly, this is a book not only for those with an interest in the American Revolutionary War, or the early formation of our government, but for those who want an understanding of the very roots of the Civil War. In reading this book, I often found myself saying "this is where that war began!" The differences between Jefferson and Hamilton concerning what powers the federal government should have, that are so well clarified in this book, weren't settled until the end of the Civil War, when Alexander Hamilton's position promoting a strong central government was vindicated. This is a book written in an entertaining way that educates the reader in regard to the legacy of a most remarkable man.

As a literary endeavor, this book is amazingly clarifying, and it fulfills a previous deficiency in other books I have read on this subject. i enjoyed this book immensely and I highly recommend it to others.

David W. Shave MD (authorof "Small Talk - Big Cure!")

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