Books by Ron Chernow

Ron Chernow is an American historian and biographer, author of numerous bestselling and award-winning books on the lives and times of important historical figures. He won the National Book Award for Nonfiction for “The House of Morgan” in 1990 and the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Biography for “Washington: A Life.” Additionally, Chernow’s critically acclaimed biographies of John D. Rockefeller (“Titan”) and Alexander Hamilton were nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award.

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Alexander Hamilton

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“Alexander Hamilton” by Ron Chernow tells the life story of the eponymous Founding Father – from his nightmarish childhood in the British West Indies through becoming the reigning presence in George Washington’s cabinet to his death during the famous duel with Aaron Burr. A masterful feat of research, synthesis, and original analysis, the book served as the inspiration for Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hit musical “Hamilton.”

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