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02587aam a2200409 i 4500 001 7FF988AAB85D11E6BDBAC4DDDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20161202010137 008 160513t20162016wiu b 001 0deng 010 $a 2016022480 020 $a 0870208039 020 $a 9780870208034 035 $a (OCoLC)948339489 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d WIH $d GUB $d OCLCO $d YDX $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a E302 H2 A44 2016 245 00 $a Alexander Hamilton : $b from obscurity to greatness / $c compiled and edited by John P. Kaminski. 264 1 $a [Madison] : $b Wisconsin Historical Society Press, $c [2016] 300 $a xxii, 222 pages ; $c 23 cm. 490 1 $a Word portraits of America's founders 500 $a "Published for The Center for the Study of the American Constitution." 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-210) and index. 505 0 $a Descriptions of Alexander Hamilton -- Hamilton's descriptions of others -- Emblematic quotations. 520 $a "Born in 1755 on a small Caribbean island to unmarried parents, Alexander Hamilton did not enjoy the privileges of wealth or heredity by which so many of his contemporaries advanced to the highest levels of power. Yet Hamilton's natural ability and ambition earned him prevailing influence in the American Revolution and the government created thereafter, eventually securing his place in the pantheon of America's founders. Editor John P. Kaminski has gathered a remarkable collection of quotations by and about Alexander Hamilton that paint for us a nuanced portrait of a complex man. Through his own words and the words of his contemporaries -- including the man who killed him in a duel, Aaron Burr -- we can gain a better understanding of this fascinating man who rose from anonymity on a small Caribbean island to the corridors of power." -- Amazon.com website. 600 10 $a Hamilton, Alexander, $d 1757-1804 $v Sources. 650 0 $a Statesmen $z United States $x Biography $v Sources. 650 0 $a Quotations $x Politics and government. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government $y 1775-1783 $v Sources. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government $y 1783-1809 $v Sources. 700 1 $a Kaminski, John P., $e editor. $e editor. 830 0 $a Word portraits of America's founders. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191210024325.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20170203030855.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=7FF988AAB85D11E6BDBAC4DDDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search