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Author
Series
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Alexander Hamilton was one of America's founders. He was the first secretary of the treasury and George Washington's right-hand man. But he also made some dangerous enemies during his short-yet-dramatic life." --
Author
Publisher
Ten Speed Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
169 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Author Jonathan Hennessey and comic book illustrator Justin Greenwood team to bring the world of Alexander Hamilton to life in this fully-illustrated, graphic novel style biography that captures the period, people, and places of the birth of the United States.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The documentary captures the amazing life and times of our nation's forgotten founding father: Alexander Hamilton. Exploring the iconic American political and financial institutions he helped to create, from the U.S. Mint and Wall Street to the two-party political system.
Author
Publisher
Walker & Co
Pub. Date
2008.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
In the early morning hours of July 11, 1804, two men stood facing each other on a New Jersey cliff side. One was the U.S. vice president, Aaron Burr, and the other was Alexander Hamilton, the secretary of the treasury. They were ready to fight to the death for honor.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Set against the dramatic backdrop of the American Revolution, and featuring a cast of iconic characters such as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and the Marquis de Lafayette, The Hamilton Affair tells the sweeping, tumultuous, true love story of Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler, from tremulous beginning to bittersweet ending his at a dueling ground on the shores of the Hudson River, hers more than half a century later after a brave, successful...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
The author presents a picture book biography of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton, co-founder and director of the first private orphanage in New York City and wife of founding father Alexander Hamilton.--adapted from publisher's description.
Author
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
41 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents the life of Eliza Hamilton, wife of founding father Alexander Hamilton, covering her early years in New York, her married life with Alexander, and her later years as a generous philanthropist.
Author
Series
Publisher
Chelsea House
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
80 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the career of Alexander Hamilton, who rose from humble beginnings to become a delegate to the Constitutional Convention and the first Secretary of the Treasury.
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (70 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Did Hamilton really fire his shot in the air? Did Burr really intend to kill his long-time rival? Why did these two statesmen end up targeting each other on a bluff overlooking the Hudson River in 1804? Long a touchstone of American history, the duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr has taken on mythic proportions. Reveals facts from the fictions surrounding their fateful encounter. Features a wide-ranging, round-table discussion of experts...
55) The duel
Series
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
On the morning of July 11, 1804, Alexander Hamilton was fatally wounded in a duel by Aaron Burr in the culminating act of a political war that had lasted for more than a decade. The rivals' final encounter in Weehauken ruined Burr's career and changed the fate of a nation.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When the Revolutionary War ended in victory, there remained the stupendous problem of how to establish a workable democratic government in the vast, newly independent country. Three key Founding Fathers played significant roles: John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Alexander Hamilton. Their lives and policies could not have been more different; their relationships with each other were complex and often rife with animosity. And yet these three men led...
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