The Young Hamilton,9780823217908

The Young Hamilton

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ISBN13: 9780823217908
ISBN10: 0823217906
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1997-10-01
Publisher(s): Fordham Univ Pr
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Summary

Written as a character study, Young Hamilton, explores the first twenty-six years of Alexander Hamilton's life and is designed to reveal how Hamilton's early years shaped him into the statesman he became.

Author Biography


James Thomas Flexner is a National Book Award Laureate; recipient of a special Pulitzer Prize Citation; winner of the Society of American Historians' Parkman Prize, the gold medal of the American Academy of Arts and Letters for Eminence in Biography.James Thomas Flexner has won a Special Pulitzer Prize Citation, a National Book Award, and a Christopher's Award for his four-volume biography, Washignton: An Indispensable Man. A foremost man of letters, Flexner has written with equal distinction in the fields of American history, biography and art.

Table of Contents

Foreword xv
Introduction 3(5)
1 Setting a Traumatic Stage
8(8)
2 Parental Shadows 1757-1766: BIRTH TO AGE 10
16(12)
3 The End of Rachel 1766-1768: AGES 9-11
28(6)
4 Explosion Outward 1768-1772: AGES 11-15
34(11)
5 Springboard 1770-1773: AGES 13-16
45(8)
6 Schoolboy in a New Land 1773-1774: AGES 16-17
53(11)
7 A Teen-aged Propagandist 1774-1775: AGES 17-18
64(13)
8 The War Tunes Up APRIL, 1775-JANUARY, 1776: AGES 18-19
77(11)
9 At Last, a Soldier JANUARY-MAY, 1776: AGE 19
88(7)
10 Towards Danger and Opportunity FEBRUARY-JULY, 1776: AGE 19
95(9)
11 Defeats JULY-SEPTEMBER, 1776: AGE 19
104(9)
12 Blackness SEPTEMBER-NOVEMBER, 1776: AGE 19
113(11)
13 Resplendent Luster DECEMBER, 1776-JANUARY, 1777: AGES 19-20
124(10)
14 A Disturbing Letter JANUARY-MARCH, 1777: AGE 20
134(5)
15 New Father, New Family MARCH-MAY, 1777: AGE 20
139(14)
16 Thoughts During Doldrums MARCH-MAY, 1777: AGE 20
153(8)
17 Blindman's Buff MAY-AUGUST, 1777: AGE 20
161(10)
18 Fooled Again AUGUST-SEPTEMBER, 1777: AGE 20
171(5)
19 A Wild Warning SEPTEMBER, 1777: AGE 20
176(8)
20 Desperate Measures OCTOBER, 1777: AGE 20
184(8)
21 The First Major Mission OCTOBER, 1777-JANUARY, 1778: AGES 20-21
192(14)
22 Valley Forge JANUARY-JUNE, 1778: AGE 21
206(15)
23 A Frenzy of Valor MAY-JUNE, 1778: AGE 21
221(14)
24 Grapeshot JULY, 1778-FEBRUARY, 1779: AGES 21-22
235(9)
25 A Deadly Rumor JULY, 1779-MAY, 1780: AGES 22-23
244(5)
26 Frustrations JANUARY-DECEMBER, 1779: AGE 22
249(6)
27 A Romantic Friendship SEPTEMBER, 1777-JANUARY, 1780: AGES 20-23
255(9)
28 A Dim Prophetic Vision JANUARY, 1775-MARCH, 1780: AGES 18-23
264(5)
29 Engaged to Be Married JANUARY-JULY, 1780: AGE 23
269(14)
30 The Dark Confusions of a Summer DECEMBER, 1779-JUNE, 1780: AGES 22-23
283(12)
31 The Reveries of a Projector SEPTEMBER, 1780: AGE 23
295(9)
32 Extreme Emotions SEPTEMBER, 1780: AGE 23
304(11)
33 Dissatisfactions and Marriage OCTOBER-DECEMBER, 1780: AGE 23
315(9)
34 Rumblings JANUARY-JULY, 1781: AGES 23-24
324(6)
35 The Crackup JANUARY-FEBRUARY, 1781: AGE 24
330(8)
36 Old or New Directions APRIL, 1781-JULY, 1782: AGES 24-25
338(8)
37 Endangering the Cause JULY, 1781: AGE 24
346(7)
38 The Road to the British Redoubt AUGUST-OCTOBER, 1781: AGE 24
353(7)
39 The Longed-for Consummation OCTOBER, 1781: AGE 24
360(9)
40 Enter the Law OCTOBER, 1781-OCTOBER, 1782: AGES 24-25
369(11)
41 Tax Collector MAY-AUGUST, 1782: AGE 25
380(9)
42 Temptation AUGUST, 1782-JANUARY, 1783: AGES 25-26
389(10)
43 The Edge of the Precipice JANUARY-MARCH, 1783: AGE 26
399(11)
44 Financial Collapse MARCH-JUNE, 1783: AGE 26
410(7)
45 Leading Congress on a Wild Path JUNE-DECEMBER, 1783: AGE 26
417(12)
46 Retreat to Domesticity MARCH-DECEMBER, 1783: AGE 26
429(7)
47 Trajectory's End 1784-1804: AGES 27-47
436(17)
Appendices 453(3)
Acknowledgments 456(2)
Bibliography 458(9)
Source References 467(16)
Index 483

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