Miranda was inspired to create the musical after reading Chernow’s 2004 biography, Alexander Hamilton, which won the George ...

Maria Bernal de Navarrette cleans a statue of Alexander Hamilton, a Founding Father of the United States, in Rotunda on Capitol Hill in Washington on October 15, 2013. Hamilton inspired a book ...

Alexander Hamilton, America's first moderate / Chernow's biography presents him as a farseeing ... 2004. Image from book jacket of "Alexander Hamilton" by Ron Chernow (Penguin Press) to be used ...

On January 22, 1782, Alexander and his wife, Elizabeth “Eliza” Schuyler Hamilton, had their first son, Philip, who grew up to be smart, quick-tempered, and fiercely loyal to his father.

Conversely, Philip Hamilton, Alexander Hamilton’s son, is all about charming people for different reasons. When the two first meet, they can’t seem to escape the rivalry of their fathers.

A new book by Samantha Wilcoxson details the life of James Alexander Hamilton, son of Alexander Hamilton. James Hamilton lived a long and eventful life, witnessing key moments in early American ...

Ron Chernow, who wrote the bestselling biography of Alexander Hamilton that inspired Lin-Manuel Miranda to create the musical “Hamilton,” has now trained his scholarly eye on Hartford legend ...

Ron Chernow, who wrote the bestselling biography of Alexander Hamilton that inspired Lin-Manuel Miranda to create the musical “Hamilton,” has now trained his scholarly eye on Hartford legend ...

In his 1910 biography, he called it “untrue,” noting that Hamilton’s own account books included entries showing him purchasing slaves for himself and others.

The Hamilton Scheme: An Epic Tale of Money and Power in the American Founding, by William Hogeland, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 544 pages, $35 Hamilton's fondness for industrial policy was also one ...