Ron Chernow: Author of ‘Alexander Hamilton,’ Basis for the Hit Musical

Previously, we featured Ron Chernow, 71, in the Spotlight section of this website after he was the main speaker at the 2018 White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Now we feature him again in recognition of his writing Alexander Hamilton, the 2004 biography of one of America’s most notable Founding Fathers. Chernow’s book later became the inspiration and guide for the blockbuster musical Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda. Alexander Hamilton is just one of many acclaimed works Chernow has penned.
 
Quote: “Americans often wonder how this moment could have spawned such extraordinary men as Hamilton and Madison. Part of the answer is that the Revolution produced an insatiable need for thinkers who could generate ideas and wordsmiths who could lucidly expound them. The immediate utility of ideas was an incalculable tonic for the founding generation. The fate of the democratic experiment depended upon political intellectuals who might have been marginalized at other periods.” — Ron Chernow in the biography Alexander Hamilton
 
Sources: Wikipedia, goodreads.com
 
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