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Article: INTELLECTUAL WARRIOR HAMILTON'S POLITICAL, PERSONAL ADVENTURES COME TO LIFE IN BIOGRAPHY.(Entertainment/Weekend/Spotlight)(Review)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
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- April 30, 2004
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Byline: Duane Davis, Special To The News
When it comes to Alexander Hamilton, most of us recall that his face is on a $10 bill and that Aaron Burr shot and killed him in a duel back in a time when men sported powdered wigs, fancy frock coats and tight britches.
Others, the suck-ups who actually read the history class assignments, may also dredge up vague recollections of Hamilton having fought in the Revolutionary War, his participation with James Madison in the writing of the Federalist Papers which helped pave the way for the U.S. Constitution, and his subsequent appointment by President Washington as our first Treasury Secretary.
Now Ron ...
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