Alexander HamiltonHoughton, Mifflin, 1882 - 306 páginas -- Extraordinary biographies of America's most prominent political figures from the Revolution to Reconstruction-- Rare insight provided by authors who were the subjects' contemporaries-- Introductory essays by eminent present-day historians and biographers |
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