Books like Alexander Hamilton
12 books with a reading profile close to Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow. Outward-looking; a moderate read.
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John Adams
Also outward-looking · history, biography
David McCullough chronicles the life of the second American president, focusing on his intellectual rigor and his central role in the Continental Congress.
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No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II
Also outward-looking · history, biography
Doris Kearns Goodwin chronicles the internal dynamics of the White House between 1940 and 1945, focusing on the symbiotic but strained partnership between Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt.
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Washington: A Life
by Ron Chernow
Also outward-looking · history, biography
Ron Chernow provides a chronological investigation of George Washington’s evolution from an ambitious frontier land surveyor into the unifying figure of the American Revolution and the first federal administration.
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American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
by Kai Bird
history, biography
Kai Bird and Martin J.
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Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
Also outward-looking · history, biography
Walter Isaacson chronicles the life of the most versatile Founding Father, tracing his evolution from a runaway apprentice in Boston to a world-renowned scientist and diplomat.
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Van Gogh: The Life
history, biography
Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith utilize a decade of research and thousands of family letters to reconstruct Vincent van Gogh's life beyond the myth of the "mad artist." The biography details his failed careers as…
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The Six Wives of Henry VIII
by Alison Weir
Also outward-looking · history, biography
Alison Weir’s historical account reconstructs the lives of Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Katherine Howard, and Catherine Parr.
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American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House
by Jon Meacham
Also outward-looking · history, biography
Jon Meacham focuses on the two terms of Andrew Jackson’s presidency, centering the narrative on the White House as a site of both political and domestic struggle.
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Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life
history, biography
Jon Lee Anderson utilizes previously unavailable diaries and government archives to reconstruct the logistical and ideological trajectory of Ernesto Guevara.
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Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier
Also outward-looking · history, biography
Stephen E.
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Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
Also outward-looking · history, biography
Patrick Radden Keefe documents the three-generation history of the Sackler family, tracing their trajectory from mid-century medical advertising to the development of Purdue Pharma.
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