Obscurity. Which seems strange knowing his name is on the marquis of the broadway show. I thought he was far and away the most dramatic story of the founding fathers. He was the only one not born in the original 13 colonies, the story of a penniless, orphaned, immigrant kid who comes out of nowhere and sets the world on fire and his achievements were monumental. Charlie before his achievements he came out of nowhere, where is nowhere . He spent his adolescence on st. Croix and he had this ghastly, dickensian childhood. His father left at 11, his mother died when he was 13 and he was farmed out to a first cousin who committed suicide a year later and he was working as an impoverished clerk in st. Croix when the hurricane hit the island. He published a description of it in the local paper that was brilliant. They realized they had a prodigy among the pentagon the collection to go to north america. He came to north america and did not know a soul. He came with a few letters of introductio
Is on the marquis of the broadway show. I thought his was far m a the most dramatic story of the founding fathers. It was the only one not born in the original 13 colonies, the story of a penniless, orphaned, immigrant kid who comes out of nowhere and sets the world on fire and his achievements were monumental. Charlie , eisai before his achievements he came out of nowhere, where is nowhere . He spent his adolescence on st. Croix and he had this ghastly, dickensian childhood. His father left at 11, his mother died when he was 13 and he was farmed out to a first cousin who committed suicide a asr later and he was working an impoverished clerk in st. Croix when the hurricane hit the island. He published a description of it in the local paper that was brilliant. He came to north america and did not know a soul. Our with a few letters of introduction. Charlie he was very smart . Alexander hamilton was one who radiated genius. It became clear he was one of the most remarkable people you had
Electric companies are prepared to respond. The motion notion that you are going to give over control of the defense of your industry requires that you give up an awful lot of information. A lot of these companies the not want to give up. There was a bill passed last fall in the senate after years of wrangling that has private industry willing to pass on information to the government. But only after they have sanitized it. Watch the communicators tonight at 8 00 eastern on cspan 2. Coming up next, q a with writer and historian ron chern ah followed by washington journal. Later a discussion on the criminal Justice System and its impact on the economy. When did hamilton, Alexander Hamilton first get on your radar screen . I started writing it back in 1998. It seems rather comecal because the reason i chose to do Alexander Hamilton, besides it was an extraordinary personal story was that he seemed to be fading into obscurity. People were coming to regard him as sort of a second tier found
Hamiltonnle aside from the fact he was the most extraordinary story among the Founding Fathers was that he seemed to be fading into obscurity. People were coming to regard him as a secondtier founding father. Most americans know him from the 10 bill, but that was about it. It was comical, i felt as if i was lifting him out of the security. Obscurity. Now his name 0 is on the marquee of a broadway show. Brian what were you doing at the time . Ron i have finished writing my biography of john rockefeller. I had done a series of books about moguls in the gilded age. I found that when i would go out to give lectures, people would start shouting out, do vanderbilt, do carnegie. I felt like i was getting stereotyped as a biographer of gilded age tykeons and i decided i wanted to switch periods. Alexander hamilton was the perfect exit strategy. I knew there would be a lot of financial and economic history. But it would also expose me to a new era, constitutional law, military history, on and o
Seemed to be fading into obscurity. People were coming to regard him as a secondtier founding father. Most americans know him from the 10 bill, but that was about it. It was comical, i felt as if i was lifting him out of the security. What were you doing at the time . Ron i have finished writing my biography of john rockefeller. I had done a series of books the gilded age. When i did lectures, people would start shouting out, do vanderbilt, do carnegie. I felt like i was getting stereotyped as a biographer of tycoons and i wanted to switch periods. Alexander hamilton was the perfect exit strategy. New era,expose me to a constitutional law, military history, on and on. Plus, the most amazing story. Brian you probably dont like this question is there somebody today that would come closest to the way Alexander Hamilton thought about government . Ron that is a difficult question. Mostnder hamilton was the verbal politician in our history. If he felt strongly about an issue, he would write