Alexander Hamilton

Volumes have been written about George Washington, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson, but no previous work captures the intimate and vital details the way Inventing a Nation does....

Signed on September 17, 1787 - four years after the American War for Independence - the Constitution laid out the supreme law of the United States of America. Today it's easy for us to take this blueprint of our government for granted....

Despite serving his country for 50 years and being among the most qualified men to hold the office of president, James Monroe is an oft-forgotten Founding Father. In this book, Brook Poston reveals how Monroe attempted to craft a legacy for himself as a champion of American republicanism....

The novel blends fact, fiction, and speculation about Mercy Otis Warren, a self-educated 18th century woman and accomplished dramatist, poet, pamphleteer, historian, propagandist, and consummate letter writer, preparing a fictional journal of her life....

The Jeffersonians is a complete chronicle of the men who served as president from 1801 to 1825 and implemented the foreign policy, domestic, and constitutional agenda of the radical wing of the American Revolution, setting guideposts for later American liberals to follow....

Although the framers gave the president little authority, Washington knew whatever he did would set precedents for generations of his successors....

A critically acclaimed and definitive biography of John Jay: a major Founding Father, a true national hero, and a leading architect of America's future....

Richard Labunski offers a dramatic account of a time when the entire American experiment hung in the balance, only to be saved by the most unlikely of heroes....

This collection of articles on constitutional government was written by three of the most significant figures in the establishment of the United States as sovereign nation. Alexander Hamilton, one of the most influential of the Founding Fathers, was the author of 51 of the 85 articles....

Lyndon Orr published his story of Aaron Burr in 1912 within his Famous Affinities of History. Here he briefly and simply compares Burr's life with Alexander Hamilton's....

John Ferling peers behind the traditional image of our first president, carefully burnished by Washington himself, to show us a leader who was not only not above politics but a canny infighter....

How George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and John Adams navigated the nation through four major crises and caused the first stirrings of American nationalism....

John Hood’s Folklore Cycle series uses elements of folklore and epic fantasy to tell the story of America’s founding in a fresh and exciting way. In this second novel, the focus shifts to the War of 1812, the beginnings of the abolitionist movement, and the Trail of Tears....

Washington remains a distant figure to many Americans, a failing that acclaimed author Paul Johnson sets out to rectify with this brilliantly vivid, sharply etched portrait....

A dramatic reevaluation of the founding of the United States and the history of capitalism....

Throughout his career, others, including George Washington and John Adams, sought John Jay's help when the country was in need of his skills. Jay’s role in the establishment of the US, a country that was founded upon ideals of freedom and democracy, has almost been forgotten....

Alexander Hamilton, born in the British West Indies, was an outsider from the very beginning. His illegitimate birth drove him to prove his worthiness to others throughout his life....

If you’ve ever found American history boring or hard to understand, this book is for you. Inside, a bright, curious student poses questions about...

In the wake of the American Revolution, the Founding Fathers faced a daunting task: overcome their competing visions to build a new nation, the likes of which the world had never seen....

George Mason was a short, bookish man who was a friend and neighbor of athletic, broad-shouldered George Washington. Unlike Washington, Mason has been virtually forgotten by history. But this new biography makes a convincing case to consider Mason an honored Founding Father....