Even though he did all of the things I mentioned above. Even though from almost the time he touched feet to earth he fought for American independence. Even though he came to the US as a young man. Hamilton even during his own times was often dismissed because he was born in the West Indies. So why don’t we learn more about Hamilton? Why is it always Washington/Franklin/Madison/Jefferson/Adams? Well, here is another good case Chernow makes. I know, it seems like heresy, but Chernow makes a good case for it. From defending the Constitution to creating the first National Bank, Alexander Hamilton may actually have done more to make this country what it is today then Washington. Now, Hamilton did like himself a pretty uniform, but that’s not the point. The series presents Hamilton as a man who pretty much only cares about pretty uniforms and writing mean things about Adams in various newspapers. My only real knowledge of him was from the HBO John Adams series, where he is portrayed as rather sniveling compared to Adams and the broody Jefferson. Somehow, I had never learned about all of the amazing things Alexander Hamilton did. My other confession is that I pretty much bawled through the last two chapters. Still, I think I absorbed it as well as if I had done the reading myself. If you want to know every single product that Hamilton may have seen in his clerk days in the West Indies, this IS the book for you. There are a LOT of details in this book, my friends. I listened to the book via one of my other great loves, Audible. I decided to read the book that inspired Lin-Manuel Miranda to create the musical, Ron Chernow’s Alexander Hamilton. Now…how to prepare? It being a quarantine-style pandemic, I did what any naturally crazy person would do. Then the announcement came out that Disney+ would be releasing “Hamilfilm.” My chance had come at last. Even with no clear facial features, I fell in love. I did find a bootlegged version and I watched the whole thing. George Washington played by a Black man? Hamilton played by a man from Puerto Rico? What? I was hoping that there might be a version released on YouTube, much like Benedict Cumberbatch’s Frankenstein and the special showing of Phantom. Not only is it a musical based on history (HELLO!), but it was history-making, too. When this pandemic hit Ohio starting in March, I had realized that I was grossly undedicated as a history scholar for not having seen Hamilton. This is how my friendship with Alexander Hamilton started. Friends are always recommending podcasts to me.
It’s right up your alley.” “What, is it a podcast?” I asked. I still remember the first time a friend alerted me to the existence of Hamilton the musical.
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