WHO ON EARTH WAS ALEXANDER HAMILTON?:The Orphan Turned Founding Father Who Built America’s Financial Empire Alexander Hamilton was born into disadvantage. His father abandoned him. His mother died of fever. He had no wealth, no name, no land to inherit. He should have faded into obscurity, just another forgotten child on a forgotten island. But Hamilton didn’t. Instead, he wrote himself into history. For most people, the story of Hamilton begins with the revolution—Washington’s right-hand man, the face on the ten-dollar bill, the dueling pistols at Weehawken. But to understand him, to really understand how an orphan from the Caribbean became the architect of America’s financial system, you have to go back further. You have to look at a boy staring out at the turquoise waters of the West Indies, watching ships come and go, listening to the rhythms of commerce, understanding, even then, that money—its flow, its power, its absence—determined everything. What makes someone great? Is it intelligence? Ambition? Luck? Hamilton had all three, but his real advantage was something else: a relentless hunger. Grab a copy of this book now!
