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"William Hogeland is the best guide I have found to understanding how we today are, for good and evil, children of Alexander." -- J. Bradford DeLong, professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley, and author of Slouching Towards UtopiaHow Alexander Hamilton embraced American oligarchy to jumpstart American prosperity. . "Forgotten founder" no more, Alexander Hamilton has become a global celebrity. Millions know his name. Millions imagine knowing the man. But what did he really want for the country? What risks did he run in pursuing those vaulting ambitions? Who tried to stop him? How did they fight? It's ironic that the Hamilton revival has obscured the man's most dramatic battles and hardest-won achievements -- as well as downplaying unsettling aspects of his legacy.
About the Author
William Hogeland's forthcoming book is "Autumn of the Black Snake," to be published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux on May 17 , 2017.
Born in Virginia and raised in Brooklyn, New York, William Hogeland is the author of four books on founding U.S. history, "Autumn of the Black Snake" (FSG) "The Whiskey Rebellion" (Simon and Schuster) , "Declaration" (S&S) , and "Founding Finance" (University of Texas Press) , as well as a collection of essays, "Inventing American History" (Boston Review Books/MIT Press) . Hogeland's work in history represents an unusual blend of dramatic narrative and critical interpretation. He has also written about history, music, and politics for "The Atlantic Monthly," "AlterNet," "Salon," "The New York Times," "Boston Review," and "The Huffington Post." His essay "American Dreamers" appears in Da Capo's "Best Music Writing 2009," edited by Greil Marcus. Hogeland also contributed the chapter on insurrections to "A Blackwell Companion to American Military History."
Hogeland's blog is at http://www.williamhogeland.com. He has an online self-publishing venture at http://www.hogelandpublishing.com. He posts at http://twitter/WilliamHogeland, and his Facebook author page is http://www.facebook.com/pages/William-Hogeland/108281879206433.
