Alexander Hamilton a Profile

by Jacob E. Cooke

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• Format: Hardcover
• ISBN: B000IY2D26
• Release Date: January 1967
• Publisher: Hill and Wang
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Most Balanced Biography of Hamilton

I found this out of print book from 1982 at my library in searching for a balanced view of Hamilton. All of the current biographies view him with rose colored glasses. Cooke, the general editor of the intitial 15 volumes of The Papers of Alexander Hamilton and general editor of the 13 volume A History of The American Colonies, really knows his stuff. He presents a well written, engaging biography of the right length and depth of coverage for what I wanted. He has an unusually balanced view of the feud between Hamilton and Jefferson, and used psychological techniques to try to decipher Hamilton's conflicted personality. Hamilton was an essential part of the mix of our founding fathers who's views balanced Jefferson's.