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2004 biography

Alexander Hamilton is a 2004 biography of American statesman Alexander Hamilton, written by biographer Ron Chernow. Hamilton, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, was an instrumental promoter of the U.S.

Constitution, founder of the nation's financial system, and its first Secretary of the Treasury.

The book, which was met with mostly positive acclaim, went on to win the inaugural George Washington Book Prize for early American history and was a nominee for the 2005 National Book Critics Circle Award in biography.

In 2015, the book was adapted into the musical Hamilton by playwright Lin-Manuel Miranda.

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The stage production went on to win numerous accolades, including 11 Tony Awards.

Background

Before working on Alexander Hamilton, Chernow had previously written multiple books in the topics of business and finance.

In 1990, he published The House of Morgan, which covered the life of financier J.P. Morgan