Even though Alexander Hamilton was among the most important Founding Fathers, less is known about his early life than that of any other major Founder. Relatively few records have been found regarding Hamilton’s birth, childhood, and origins in the West Indies. Alexander Hamilton “rarely . . . dwelt upon his personal history” and never recorded his life’s story. Most of Hamilton’s correspondence prior to 1777 was lost during the American Revolution. This has resulted in many gaps in Alexander Hamilton’s biography, which has given rise to much conjecture regarding the details of his life. Relying on new research and extensive analysis of the existing literature, Michael E. Newton presents a more comprehensive and accurate account of Alexander Hamilton’s formative years. Despite being orphaned as a young boy and having his birth be “the subject of the most humiliating criticism,” Alexander Hamilton used his intelligence, determination, and charisma to overcome his questionable origins and desperate situation. As a mere child, Hamilton went to work for a West Indian mercantile company. Within a few short years, Hamilton was managing the firm’s St. Croix operations. Gaining the attention of the island’s leading men, Hamilton was sent to mainland North America for an education, where he immediately fell in with the country’s leading patriots. After using his pen to defend the civil liberties of the Americans against British infringements, Hamilton took up arms in the defense of those rights. Earning distinction in the campaign of 1776–77 at the head of an artillery company, Hamilton attracted the attention of General George Washington, who made him his aide-de-camp. Alexander Hamilton was soon writing some of Washington’s most important correspondence, advising the commander-in-chief on crucial military and political matters, carrying out urgent missions, conferring with French allies, negotiating with the British, and helping Washington manage his spy network. As Washington later attested, Hamilton had become his “principal and most confidential aid.” After serving the commander-in-chief for four years, Hamilton was given a field command and led the assault on Redoubt Ten at Yorktown, the critical engagement in the decisive battle of the War for Independence. By the age of just twenty-five, Alexander Hamilton had proven himself to be one of the most intelligent, brave, hard-working, and patriotic Americans. Alexander Hamilton: The Formative Years tells the dramatic story of how this poor immigrant emerged from obscurity and transformed himself into the most remarkable Founding Father. In riveting detail, Michael E. Newton delivers a fresh and fascinating account of Alexander Hamilton’s origins, youth, and indispensable services during the American Revolution.

For over two centuries, Alexander Hamilton’s birth, youth, and family background have been shrouded in mystery. For the first time ever, Michael E. Newton has conducted a systematic examination of the primary source material to discover the truth about Alexander Hamilton’s early life. In the greatest and most significant collection of original Hamilton discoveries to be made in decades, Newton separates fact from fiction to create a new portrait of the tempestuous early years of America’s most remarkable and enigmatic Founding Father and the people that comprised his world. An icon in life and a legend in death, Alexander Hamilton continues to fascinate. Discovering Hamilton answers some of the most important and intriguing questions about Hamilton’s biography and introduces abundant new material about the lives of Alexander Hamilton, his family, friends, and colleagues.

Presents an introduction to the life and achievements of Alexander Hamilton, including his early years as an orphan in the West Indies, his role in the Revolutionary War and his contributions as America's first secretary of the treasury.

Discover a Mysterious Founding Father! Read this fascinating book today - It could change your perspective on the past! Who was Alexander Hamilton? Discover Hamilton's intense realism regarding: Military Power Economics Finance National Unity When you read Alexander Hamilton, you'll discover this man's unique and lasting contributions to our nation's legacy. You'll learn about Hamilton's experiences as a soldier in the American Revolution, a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, and the first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. Why was Hamilton so controversial? Loved by some and hated by others, Alexander Hamilton aroused strong feelings in those around him. Some found his realism insensitive and called him names; others praised his integrity, forthright approach, and upright character. It's time for you to choose - read this book, get to know Hamilton, and decide his legacy for yourself! What made Hamilton the man he became? In this fascinating book, you'll discover Hamilton's early life and family background, including his mother's death and his father's desertion. You'll follow him through his school days and his military career by peering over his shoulder at his earliest writings. This book describes Hamilton's life after the Revolutionary War in the Congress of the Confederation, as a military leader, in his law career, and in the creation of the Federalist Papers. Hamilton continued making waves in the government - as Secretary of the Treasury, he even faced impeachment! You'll even learn about his death in a duel with Aaron Burr! Don't wait any longer to gain a better understanding of America's formative years! Download your copy of Alexander Hamilton right away! You'll be so happy you did!

Discover a Mysterious Founding Father! Read this fascinating book today - It could change your perspective on the past! Who was Alexander Hamilton? Discover Hamilton's intense realism regarding: Military Power Economics Finance National Unity When you read Alexander Hamilton, you'll discover this man's unique and lasting contributions to our nation's legacy. You'll learn about Hamilton's experiences as a soldier in the American Revolution, a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, and the first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. Why was Hamilton so controversial? Loved by some and hated by others, Alexander Hamilton aroused strong feelings in those around him. Some found his realism insensitive and called him names; others praised his integrity, forthright approach, and upright character. It's time for you to choose - read this book, get to know Hamilton, and decide his legacy for yourself! What made Hamilton the man he became? In this fascinating book, you'll discover Hamilton's early life and family background, including his mother's death and his father's desertion. You'll follow him through his school days and his military career by peering over his shoulder at his earliest writings. This book describes Hamilton's life after the Revolutionary War in the Congress of the Confederation, as a military leader, in his law career, and in the creation of the Federalist Papers. Hamilton continued making waves in the government - as Secretary of the Treasury, he even faced impeachment! You'll even learn about his death in a duel with Aaron Burr! Don't wait any longer to gain a better understanding of America's formative years! Download your copy of Alexander Hamilton right away! You'll be so happy you did!

Alexander Hamilton is one of the least understood, most important, and most impassioned and inspiring of the founding fathers. At last Hamilton has found a modern biographer who can bring him to full-blooded life; Richard Brookhiser. In these pages, Alexander Hamilton sheds his skewed image as the "bastard brat of a Scotch peddler," sex scandal survivor, and notoriously doomed dueling partner of Aaron Burr. Examined up close, throughout his meteoric and ever-fascinating (if tragically brief) life, Hamilton can at last be seen as one of the most crucial of the founders. Here, thanks to Brookhiser's accustomed wit and grace, this quintessential American lives again.