The Young Hamilton

Written as a character study, Young Hamilton, explores the first twenty-six years of Alexander Hamilton's life and is designed to reveal how Hamilton's early years shaped him into the statesman he became.

James Thomas Flexner is a National Book Award Laureate; recipient of a special Pulitzer Prize Citation; winner of the Society of American Historians' Parkman Prize, the gold medal of the American Academy of Arts and Letters for Eminence in Biography.James Thomas Flexner has won a Special Pulitzer Prize Citation, a National Book Award, and a Christopher's Award for his four-volume biography, Washignton: An Indispensable Man. A foremost man of letters, Flexner has written with equal distinction in the fields of American history, biography and art.

Foreword

xv

Introduction

3

(5)

1 Setting a Traumatic Stage

8

(8)

2 Parental Shadows 1757-1766: BIRTH TO AGE 10

16

(12)

3 The End of Rachel 1766-1768: AGES 9-11

28

(6)

4 Explosion Outward 1768-1772: AGES 11-15

34

(11)

5 Springboard 1770-1773: AGES 13-16

45

(8)

6 Schoolboy in a New Land 1773-1774: AGES 16-17

53

(11)

7 A Teen-aged Propagandist 1774-1775: AGES 17-18

64

(13)

8 The War Tunes Up APRIL, 1775-JANUARY, 1776: AGES 18-19

77

(11)

9 At Last, a Soldier JANUARY-MAY, 1776: AGE 19

88

(7)

10 Towards Danger and Opportunity FEBRUARY-JULY, 1776: AGE 19

95

(9)

11 Defeats JULY-SEPTEMBER, 1776: AGE 19

104

(9)

12 Blackness SEPTEMBER-NOVEMBER, 1776: AGE 19

113

(11)

13 Resplendent Luster DECEMBER, 1776-JANUARY, 1777: AGES 19-20

124

(10)

14 A Disturbing Letter JANUARY-MARCH, 1777: AGE 20

134

(5)

15 New Father, New Family MARCH-MAY, 1777: AGE 20

139

(14)

16 Thoughts During Doldrums MARCH-MAY, 1777: AGE 20

153

(8)

17 Blindman's Buff MAY-AUGUST, 1777: AGE 20

161

(10)

18 Fooled Again AUGUST-SEPTEMBER, 1777: AGE 20

171

(5)

19 A Wild Warning SEPTEMBER, 1777: AGE 20

176

(8)

20 Desperate Measures OCTOBER, 1777: AGE 20

184

(8)

21 The First Major Mission OCTOBER, 1777-JANUARY, 1778: AGES 20-21

192

(14)

22 Valley Forge JANUARY-JUNE, 1778: AGE 21

206

(15)

23 A Frenzy of Valor MAY-JUNE, 1778: AGE 21

221

(14)

24 Grapeshot JULY, 1778-FEBRUARY, 1779: AGES 21-22

235

(9)

25 A Deadly Rumor JULY, 1779-MAY, 1780: AGES 22-23

244

(5)

26 Frustrations JANUARY-DECEMBER, 1779: AGE 22

249

(6)

27 A Romantic Friendship SEPTEMBER, 1777-JANUARY, 1780: AGES 20-23

255

(9)

28 A Dim Prophetic Vision JANUARY, 1775-MARCH, 1780: AGES 18-23

264

(5)

29 Engaged to Be Married JANUARY-JULY, 1780: AGE 23

269

(14)

30 The Dark Confusions of a Summer DECEMBER, 1779-JUNE, 1780: AGES 22-23

283

(12)

31 The Reveries of a Projector SEPTEMBER, 1780: AGE 23

295

(9)

32 Extreme Emotions SEPTEMBER, 1780: AGE 23

304

(11)

33 Dissatisfactions and Marriage OCTOBER-DECEMBER, 1780: AGE 23

315

(9)

34 Rumblings JANUARY-JULY, 1781: AGES 23-24

324

(6)

35 The Crackup JANUARY-FEBRUARY, 1781: AGE 24

330

(8)

36 Old or New Directions APRIL, 1781-JULY, 1782: AGES 24-25

338

(8)

37 Endangering the Cause JULY, 1781: AGE 24

346

(7)

38 The Road to the British Redoubt AUGUST-OCTOBER, 1781: AGE 24

353

(7)

39 The Longed-for Consummation OCTOBER, 1781: AGE 24

360

(9)

40 Enter the Law OCTOBER, 1781-OCTOBER, 1782: AGES 24-25

369

(11)

41 Tax Collector MAY-AUGUST, 1782: AGE 25

380

(9)

42 Temptation AUGUST, 1782-JANUARY, 1783: AGES 25-26

389

(10)

43 The Edge of the Precipice JANUARY-MARCH, 1783: AGE 26

399

(11)

44 Financial Collapse MARCH-JUNE, 1783: AGE 26

410

(7)

45 Leading Congress on a Wild Path JUNE-DECEMBER, 1783: AGE 26

417

(12)

46 Retreat to Domesticity MARCH-DECEMBER, 1783: AGE 26

429

(7)

47 Trajectory's End 1784-1804: AGES 27-47

436

(17)

Appendices

453

(3)

Acknowledgments

456

(2)

Bibliography

458

(9)

Source References

467

(16)

Index

483

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