In the first full-length biography of Alexander Hamilton in decades, Ron Chernow tells the riveting story of a man who overcame all odds to shape, inspire, and scandalize the newborn America.

"America faces a crisis of leadership. Fortunately, there are wise statesmen from our past who can direct our politicians back to the path of wisdom-and inspire the rest of us who want to be good leaders in our homes and communities. In this collection, Johnny Burtka assembles history's finest thinkers on statemanship, including Cicero and Churchill, Thomas More and George Washington. Drawing on the "mirrors-for-princes" tradition, Gateway to Statesmanship...

One of America's most famous patriots, Benjamin Franklin was more than just a founding father of the country. He was a prolific writer, tradesman, scientist, and philosopher who had major influences in France, England, and America. Franklin made it clear through his works that he believed in both spirituality and science at the same time, and he wrote about how the two ideas can converge. He was quite famous during his life, but his fame lives on...

This vivid account of the life and times of Paul Revere was first published in 1942, to great acclaim and a Pulitzer Prize. An elegant storyteller and expert historian, Edith Forbes paints a memorable portrait of American colonial history and of this most legendary of revolutionary heroes, "not merely one man riding one horse on a certain lonely night of long ago, but a symbol to which his countrymen can yet turn.