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Alexander Hamilton: Ron Chernow
Alexander Hamilton: Ron Chernow
Storyline:
Hamilton is about a some sort of documentary of the life of the American
founding father Alexander Hamilton. The author said he was inspired to write the
musical after reading the 2004 biography Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow.
He described Hamilton as about "America then, as told by America now".
Alexander was a poor kid in the Caribbean and lost his father when he was ten and
his mother when he was twelve. Then he became an ambitious kid that built his
own way up by reading and writing and doing everything he can to survive. After
earning enough money to move to NYC, he met a couple of friends: Gilbert du
Motier de La Fayette, Hercules Mulligan, Aaron Burr and john laurens.