Tag Archives: Ron Chernow

Love Him or Hate Him

Posted on December 28, 2006 by sheila

Excerpt from Ron Chernow’s magesterial Alexander Hamilton:

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Book Thoughts

Posted on March 17, 2006 by sheila

Okay, so I haven’t finished a book in … 4 weeks?? 5 weeks?? The last book I finished was, I think, At Swim-Two-Birds by Flann O’Brien. After that, I started a couple of different books (I have different needs … … Continue reading →

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Finally, Hamilton

Posted on February 28, 2006 by sheila

I have started to read Ron Chernow’s massive biography of Alexander Hamilton. Kind of amazing I haven’t read it yet – seeing as I’m rather insane – but I had just read Willard Sterne Randall’s Alexander Hamilton: A Life when … Continue reading →

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It never ceases to amaze me …

Posted on April 22, 2005 by sheila

the kindness and generosity, in general, of human beings. Sure, people can be selfish shits, so can I … but the evidence of goodness in people, for me, has a longer-lasting impact, makes more of an impression. This is obviously … Continue reading →

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“Our prevailing passions are ambition and interest”

Posted on February 19, 2004 by sheila

I am tearing through the biography of Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow at breakneck speed. At this point in the book, Hamilton has teamed up with Jay and Madison, after the Constitutional wrangling in Philadelphia, a divisive and vicious process … Continue reading →

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