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In this brilliant work of scholarship, a moving tribute to the writer's talent and humanity, Chernow reveals the magnificent and often maddening life of one of the most original characters in American history.","brand":"Penguin Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51379924861213,"sku":"9780525561729","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0988\/1259\/2413\/files\/imageloader_1bcb1650-f1d1-4996-9290-f91192b3a057.jpg?v=1779708204"},{"product_id":"the-house-of-morgan-an-american-banking-dynasty-and-the-rise-of-modern-finance","title":"The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe National Book Award-winning history of American finance by the renowned biographer and author of \u003ci\u003eHamilton\u003c\/i\u003e: \"A tour de force\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe House of Morgan\u003c\/i\u003e is a panoramic story of four generations in the powerful Morgan family and their secretive firms that would transform the modern financial world. 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Chernow presents an entirely different man, whose legendary ambitions were motivated not merely by self-interest but by passionate patriotism and a stubborn will to build the foundations of American prosperity and power. His is a Hamilton far more human than we've encountered before--from his shame about his birth to his fiery aspirations, from his intimate relationships with childhood friends to his titanic feuds with Jefferson, Madison, Adams, Monroe, and Burr, and from his highly public affair with Maria Reynolds to his loving marriage to his loyal wife Eliza. And never before has there been a more vivid account of Hamilton's famous and mysterious death in a duel with Aaron Burr in July of 1804. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChernow's biography is not just a portrait of Hamilton, but the story of America's birth seen through its most central figure. 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