Book · 2004 · Politics and government
Alexander Hamilton
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And one thing that I like to do I read a lot of history books and so when you read about how bad things were at so many other periods in our nation's history you realize maybe it's not so bad as much as you feel like everything's about to fall apart read read Alexander Hamilton by Cherno and in.
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Another incredibly popular adaptation that um is on the stage right now is of course Hamilton which was adapted from Ron Cho's bestselling biography of Alexander Hamilton.
My ongoing project my homebook is Hamilton.
Chernow's biography of Hamilton has been so widely recommended.
We were just talking about the Hamilton biography and what a genius this guy was.
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Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow is a comprehensive historical biography that chronicles the life, political career, and lasting legacy of one of America's founding fathers. Jason Calacanis recommended the biography on All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg as a source of personal inspiration. On The Shawn Ryan Show, Tim Parlatore recommended the book as a way to gain historical perspective and realize that modern political infighting is mild compared to past crises in American history. Luis Miranda Jr. discussed on Freakonomics Radio how reading the biography inspired his son, Lin-Manuel Miranda, to create the hit musical Hamilton. Pamela Paul mentioned her ongoing reading project of the biography across multiple episodes of The Book Review, including discussions on specific sections like the chapter on Yorktown. Additionally, author Ron Chernow appeared on The Book Review to discuss and compare the historical figures in his biographies of Hamilton, George Washington, and Ulysses S. Grant.
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Jason Calacanis Alexander Hamilton 1
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“Alexander Hamilton”
Tim Parlatore and one thing that I like to do I read a lot of history books and so when you read about how bad things wer… 1
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“and one thing that I like to do I read a lot of history books and so when you read about how bad things were at so many other periods in our nation's history you realize maybe it's not so bad as much as you feel like everything's about to fall apart read read Alexander Hamilton by Cherno and in”
Pamela Paul for those tracking my ongoing Hamilton uh the Ron turnout biography project 6
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“Pamela how about you this week I am still reading Hamilton”
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“lead reading Ron turn now's chapter on Yorktown”
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“for those tracking my ongoing Hamilton uh the Ron turnout biography project”
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“i'm reading uh hamilton the ron chno biography”
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“there's one little note there that Ron chernau author of the book on which Hamilton was based makes $900,000 a year in royalties”
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“as I mentioned earlier uh I'm also reading Coulson whiteheads the Underground Railroad which totally draws you in and my ongoing project my homebook is Hamilton I found that I have I have a paperback and if I take that paperback out into the wild it comes home you know a little bit too marred for uh long-term reading so”
Ron Chernow you know in Alexander Hamilton even in George Washington there were these great figures of History 2
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“you know in Alexander Hamilton even in George Washington there were these great figures of History”
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“but you know like in Alexander Hamilton in his early teens the first letter we had from him”
Luis Miranda Jr. is that yes, I just read this amazing and as I'm reading it, this is the Ron Cher now biography of Hamilton. 1
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“is that yes, I just read this amazing and as I'm reading it, this is the Ron Cher now biography of Hamilton.”
Michael Shermer and I was just we were just talking about the Hamilton biography and what a genius this guy was 1
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“and I was just we were just talking about the Hamilton biography and what a genius this guy was”
Pierpaolo Barbieri obviously chernow's biography of hamilton has been so widely recommended that it can be more recommended 1
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“obviously chernow's biography of hamilton has been so widely recommended that it can be more recommended”
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. I mean just read a turn off biography of of Hamilton and a Hamilton had you know a lot of those issues Hami… 1
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“I mean just read a turn off biography of of Hamilton and a Hamilton had you know a lot of those issues Hamilton was probably the most”
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“another incredibly popular adaptation that um is on the stage right now is of course Hamilton which was adapted from Ron Cho's bestselling biography of Alexander Hamilton”
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“It's possible that you know Ron Chernow as the author of the 2004 biography Alexander Hamilton, the source material for the smash Broadway musical.”
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“he is of course the author of the biography of Alexander Hamilton that was turned into the just the massive stage musical”
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“and you also had Hamilton the revolution which was the book based on Hamilton the musical which itself was based on the biography by Ron Cho”
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“I've read Gordon Wood's you know history of the American Revolution I read Ron chau's Hamilton and I'm reading this”