Alexander Hamilton: Portrait in Paradox

In this extraordinarily readable account of Hamilton and his life - long love affair with the United States, Mr. Miller reveals him clearly as a man of vision and audacity who gave unstintingly of his energy and ability to the cause of American union, though he had little love for the people whose power and well-being he sought to advance. Skillfully, scrupulously and in absorbing detail Miller explores the springs of Hamilton's thinking and the experiences and influences that shaped his attitudes and molded his policies, examines the results, and shows how and why this country would have developed differently had Hamilton not lived when he did and been the kind of man he was.