Young Alexander Hamilton arrived in New York from the British West Indies as storm clouds were brewing with Britain. Then the Revolutionary War broke out and Hamilton sided with his new country, fighting courageously and becoming General Washington's most valuable aide-de-camp.

Hamilton, with his brilliant mind, was there with Washington, Franklin, Madison and other Founding Fathers when the Constitution was written; he authored most of the persuasive Federalist Papers; and he was the first secretary of the treasury, once again at Washington's side as the country struggled to become a unified and independent nation.

Hamilton may be best known for his duel with Aaron Burr, but Fritz gives young readers the complete picture of this complex man who was honorable, ambitious and fiercely loyal to his adopted country, even when his enemies attacked him as an "outsider."

Fritz's talent for bringing historical figures to life is at its best with Hamilton, whose life reads like an adventure story during this extraordinary time in the country's beginnings.

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