Ron Chernow's 2005 biography of His biography of Hamilton inspired the popular Hamilton musical, which Chernow worked on as a historical consultant. For another book, The Warburgs: The Twentieth-Century Odyssey of a Remarkable Jewish Family, he was awarded the George S. Eccles Prize for Excellence in Economic Writing.
Lin-Manuel Miranda's little play Before Miranda wrote the show, Chernow wrote the best-selling biography on the once-forgotten Founding Father. How involved was Chernow in the making of the musical? What does he think of Hamilton as hip-hop? And what would Hamilton, himself, think?.
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Ron Chernow, who wrote the biography that inspired 'Hamilton,' is both a historical consultant on the show and one of its biggest fans. This interview, by Senior Editor Tim Baker, and other.
Pulitzer Prize winner Ron Chernow is the author of the biography of Hamilton which started the whole phenomenon when Lin Manuel Miranda, the show’s creator, read it on holiday in Mexico and was struck by its dramatic.
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Ron Chernow's biography of a Caribbean orphan who became a Revolutionary War hero, and then one of the nation's most consequential founding figures, became not just a. The award-winning author behind Alexander Hamilton is a biography of American statesman Alexander Hamilton, written by biographer Ron Chernow. Hamilton, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, was an instrumental promoter of the U.S. Constitution, founder of the nation's financial system, and its first Secretary of the Treasury.
Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow points out that in addition to a hip-hop persona, Hamilton had several Jewish connections: His mother’s husband, Johann Michael Lavien — when Hamilton himself wrote the name, he.
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow pages The Penguin Press Published: April Ron Chernow's "Alexander Hamilton" was published in and remains one of the most popular biographies of all time. It was a New York Times best-seller and served as the inspiration behind Lin-Manuel Miranda's award-winning musical "Hamilton.".