The Perils of Partisan History

by Barry Shain

Alexander Hamilton and the Persistence of Mythby Stephen F. Knott University Press of Kansas, 336 pages, $34.95 Alexander Hamilton and the Persistence of Myth is a book from which one can learn a great deal, but neither about Alexander Hamilton nor the persistence of myth. It is concerned with . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jan 2003

The Elusive Hamilton

by George McKenna

Alexander Hamilton, American by richard brookhiser simon & schuster, 240 pages, $16.99 National Review senior editor Richard Brookhiser has followed up his successful 1996 biography of George Washington (Founding Father: Rediscovering George Washington) with a biography of Alexander Hamilton. . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Apr 1999