Young Hamilton [Hardcover]

Written as a character study, Young Hamilton, explores the first twenty-six years of Alexander Hamiltons life and is designed to reveal how Hamiltons early years shaped him into the statesman he became.Flexners great achievement is that he has written a life that even the most rabid Jeffersonian can applaud. Admiring and critical at the same time, Flexner scrutinizes his subjects early years to arrive at a daring but convincing portrait. . . . Each generation requires its own biographies of historys major figures, but for the time being it is hard to see how Flexners Hamilton could be improved.This is an admirable book, thoroughly researched, and nicely written. . . . Highly recommended for general collections. Every welcome to a volume which is fully up to the standard of literary elegance, psychological penetration, and historical scholarship that Mr. Flexners massive life of George Washington has led everyone to expect.