Angelina Fielding

Rough Diamond

The Life of Colonel William Stephen Hamilton, Alexander Hamilton's Forgotten Son

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

-First biography of William Stephen Hamilton, son of Founding Father, Alexander Hamilton. William Hamilton left D.C and moved to the midwestern frontier to seek his fortune. -Hamilton's life offers a first-hand account of the formation of the Midwestern states, the realities of life on the frontier, and mass migration caused by the California Gold Rush.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 140mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 295g
• ISBN-13: 9780253053947
• ISBN-10: 0253053943
• Artikelnr.: 58741226

Autorenporträt

A.K. Fielding is an independent historian and an artist. She writes about early American topics so she can buy materials with which to paint subjects from that period. The author of numerous historical articles, she is the author of the "A Little Book of Revolutionary Quotes" series. She lives in the land of the free and the home of the brave. Visit https://trehanstreasures.com/ for more information and news from A. K. Fielding.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Broken Beginnings
2. The Man
3. Life in Illinois
4. Black Hawk War
5. Gray Gold
6. Taming the Frontier
7. El Dorado
8. Dead End
Bibliography
Index