9780442261139 - Rise and Fall of Alexander Hamilton von Hendrickson, Robert A. (6 Ergebnisse)

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. xii, 658 p. This biography is based on the author's previous monumental two-volume work on Hamilton. Dust jacket has one, inch-long closed tear. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Some short tears and edgewear to dustjacket. Of all the Founding Fathers and Framers, Alexander Hamilton remains the most controversial, mysterious, and darkly fascinating. Few men in history born so low have soared so high - and then been destroyed (or destroyed themselves) so fast. Appointed first Secretary of the Treasury of the United States at age 32 by George Washington, Hamilton was one of the "little band of patriots who had helped Washington survive lost battles, Conway's cabal, Lee's retreat, Arnold's treason, army mutinies, and hostile congresses to yoke the states into an enduring union at the Constitutional convention of 1787. He agitated to free the slaves, to establish judicial supremacy, to found a national central bank, and to create a prime credit rating for American borrowing abroad at 4.5 percent for a currency that had not been worth a continental" when he took office. He founded the first New York bank, the first conglomerate corporation, and the oldest continuously published newspaper in the United States; he fought for freedom of the press that had libeled him to self-destruction and, in The Federalist Papers, he explicated the meaning of the Constitution for all American freedom's time to come. Desperately busy creating the public credit of America, Hamilton allowed his private credit to fall hostage to his affair with Maria Reynolds. There followed questionable payments to her sinister husband James; Congressional impeachment; stoning by a Wall Street mob; nervous derangement; manic defenses; a half-crazy attack on President John Adams; derision by Noah Webster as the evil genius of this country; the death of his beloved son Philip in a duel; the madness of his daughter Angelica; and his own unflinching death in the duel at the age of 47 from Aaron Burr's bullet.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Edition. A nice copy; the jacket has a small chip. ; 658 pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Small 4to, cloth, dust jacket, xii, 658pp. First edition & printing. Warmly inscribed by Hendrickson to publisher Tom Lipscomb and his wife. A VG/VG copy: clean cloth, very mild skewing to the binding; clean text; solid hinges & joints; clean and bright jacket. Extra postage may be asked (3). Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. Book and dust jacket in excellent, unmarked condition. Jacket unclipped, with slight amount of wrinking to spine.

hardcover. Zustand: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!