Alexander Hamilton | 
My February #bookspinbingo list. Lots of carryovers from last month and some new books. I am already working on Alexander Hamilton (my #chunksterchallenge book for 1st quarter) and Far From the Madding Crowd both of which I will finish this month.
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#chunksterchallenge2023 check in: I‘m a little more than halfway through. I‘m not enjoying this one as much as I loved Grant and Washington, but it‘s very informativeβ¦and it‘s a good reminder that politics have always been nasty.
@Amiable
I watched Hamilton at the Straz in Tampa this afternoon with my daughter. Then started this chunkster for quarter 1 of the #chunksterchallenge for 2023 with @GinaKButler . 2023 is going to be a good one!
The first chunkster of 2023! π
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so-soI don't know what to tell you about this. It's 36 hours give or take. And there are no song or dance numbers. How that brilliant man turned this into a musical is beyond me. It's very interesting but the minutia is a bit boring.
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Celebrated hubby‘s birthday by spending it with Alexander Hamilton and Company. So grateful that Broadway is open again! It was simply incredible. Still amazed that Lin Manuel Miranda managed to turn Ron Chernow‘s weighty nonfiction tome into this musical masterpiece.
Dense, but this time in US/British history is one of my favorites to revisit. It‘s cool to be able to visualize events and people as I read about them. It‘s even more cool to be able to stop and research more about people, places, legislation, and battles as I‘m reading. Goes well with the Presidential and Constitutional podcasts. Also goes well with the TURN TV show (so, so good!!).
Scott Brick‘s narration is π― as expected.
βThe more I see, the more I find reason for those who love this country to weep over its blindnessβ - Alexander Hamilton
βPrejudice and private interest will be antagonists too powerful for public spirit and public good.β
pickFinally finished this monstrosity. Very good book, Alexander Hamilton‘s life was fascinating. I had a hard time reading through the parts where he was Treasury Secretary (a lot of finance and economics). Also hard reading through the Adams and Jefferson years - a lot of bitchy dude drama, and they say women are the more emotional sex. Overall excellent read 5/5 would recommend if you like biographies and nonfiction. I cried a few times.
βIf Washington was the father of the country and Madison the father of the Constitution, then Alexander Hamilton was surely the father of the American government.β
βIf the laws are to be trampled upon with impunity, and a minority is to dictate to the majority, there is an end put at one stroke to republican governmentβ - George Washington
This line from a letter from Angelica to Eliza probably inspired the reference to sharing Hamilton in the musical:
βBy my Amiable, you know that I mean your husband, for I love him very much and, if you were as generous as the old Romans, you would lend him to me for a little while.β
It‘s hard for us to fathom today, but at the dawn of our country response to an epidemic became politicized.
Hamilton, who never officially finished college, authored most of the Federalist Papers, served as Secretary of the Treasury, and received honorary doctorates from Columbia, Dartmouth, Princeton, Harvard, and Brown before he turned 40.
Hamilton grasped a basic, fundamental truth about policy:
βWhoever considers the nature of our government with discernment will see that though obstacles and delays will frequently stand in the way of adoption of good measures, yet once adopted, they are likely to be stable and permanent. It will be far more difficult to UNDO than to DO.β
Lin Manuel Miranda left out the flirtatious friendship between Angelica and Jefferson.
βIn the final tally, The Federalist Papers ran to 85 essays, with 51 attributed to Hamilton, 29 to Madison, and only 5 to Jay. Since Hamilton had not reckoned on Jay‘s illness and had expected to include Morris and Duer, he could have never anticipated that he and Madison would write so much in 7 monthsβsome 175,000 words in all. . . . The Federalist ended up running to two volumes of about 600 pages.β
#TheManIsNonStop
Started this book as part of a reading group months ago but work got in the way. Started over.....reading one chapter a day. Listening to unabridged audio while following along in my physical book. Not sure why....but I love listening while reading along :)
βFew, if any, other founding fathers opposed slavery more consistently or toiled harder to eradicate it than Hamiltonβa fact that belies the historical stereotype that he cared only for the rich and privileged.β
βBlackstone taught Hamilton a reverential enthusiasm for the law itself. . . . Moreover, the law as Blackstone spelled it out resolved once and for all the tension Hamilton felt between liberty and law.β - Forrest McDonald
βFrom the First Philippic of Demosthenes, [Hamilton] plucked a passage that summed up his conception of a leader as someone who would not pander to popular whims. βAs a general marches at the head of his troops,‘ so should wise politicians βmarch at the head of affairs, insomuch that they ought not to wait the event to know what measures to take, but the measures which they have taken ought to produce the event.‘β
So apparently when I have trouble focusing on an audiobook or podcast while at work and I don‘t know what to listen to, Hamilton is my automatic go to.
My year in books. 190 books read this year. Six reading challenges completed.
Each year, I choose a book for my βyearly readβand divide it into 12 parts. I begin each month by reading the next part in the book. My book for 2021 will be Alexander Hamilton and I‘m so excited!
pickExcellent. Humanizes not only Hamilton, but also Jefferson, Adams, Washington, Burr, Laurens...etc. It's absolutely exhaustive, yet manages to (mostly) not be dry. I was kind of surprised at how the heartbreaking parts of Hamilton's story really managed to be legit upsetting, even though I already knew what was coming. The book begins with Eliza and ends with Eliza...I would read an 800-pager about her for sure.
(quarantine book #109)
Relatable. At least we aren‘t dipping our masks in vinegar this time or chewing garlic... π€ #Hamilton #RonChernow #Biography #History
Wow 1793 reads like 2020. Pandemic, face coverings, π·no shaking hands, separating from family, Political bickering, and Law enforcement militia threats...who knew, we just repeat history never learn from it. π€·π½ββοΈ
πNothing like hot oatmeal & buttery raisin bread with some #AlexanderHamilton on a cold morning.π¨
πLoving this making a little headway. #AlexanderHamilton π§ #Sunday morning reading!
It‘s about to go down for the next few days!π€£
Few figures in American history have been more hotly debated or more grossly misunderstood than Alexander Hamilton. Chernow‘s biography gives Hamilton his due and sets the record straight, deftly illustrating that the political and economic greatness of today‘s America is the result of Hamilton‘s countless sacrifices to champion ideas that were often wildly disputed during his time.
This will be an epic journey! I don‘t think I‘ve ever listened to an audio book this long.
pick6-23 October 2020 (audiobook)
I began after watching Hamilton on Disney+ and realising how little of my undergrad American Revolution class I had retained. I am now certainly able to follow the show better and can even sing/rap along - what I was really looking for, of course. The book was long (37 hours!) and repetitive at times but gave me insight to the musical, war of Independence and even the current political situation and psyche of the US.
Any other Hamilton fans? I love this cast so much sharing in case anyone else would enjoy the music and the message
https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1317488036851089410?s=20
I borrowed the audio book from the library because reading it was taking too long. When I'm not listening to that I'm listening to the Broadway cast recording.
pickO Hamilton, the great statesman who had been so misunderstood has been vindicated by the legendary Chernow. I hope his legacy continues to grow and be remembered as one of America‘s foremost founding fathers; upon whose work the United States government was formed
My August wrap-up! I‘m glad to have finally read Alexander Hamilton!
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