![]() ![]() His rise to the top from a bleak childhood is a classic rags to riches story - one that Lin Manuel Miranda equated with that of a hip hop star. His intelligence and ability to write and speak eloquently was enough to get his fellow islanders to pay for him to go to school in the United States. It takes the reader quickly through his young life as an illegitimate child born on the Caribbean island of St. Yes, it’s a monster of a book, but a fascinating one nonetheless. The show is based on the Ron Chernow biography entitled Alexander Hamilton, a 700+ page behemoth. ![]() ![]() But he is a legacy, who I finally started to care about thanks to lyrical genius and creator of the new hit musical Lin Manuel Miranda. Spoiler alert: he was a founding father who was shot and killed at the age of 49 by then-Vice President Aaron Burr. Before having seen the critically-acclaimed musical Hamilton, I knew as much about Alexander Hamilton as I imagine many other Americans know - he’s the guy on the $10 bill, right? Was he a president? I think so? Well, Alexander Hamilton wasn’t a president. ![]()
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