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Can't get enough of Alexander . . .

Hamilton: an American musical by "Hamilton”, the hit show which moved to The personal life of Alexander Hamilton, Broadway following it’s sold-out run at an illegitimate, largely self-taught orphan The Public Theater in NYC, is the from the Caribbean who rose to become acclaimed musical about the scrappy George Washington's aide-de-camp and young immigrant Alexander Hamilton, the $10 bill the first Treasury Secretary of the United Founding Father who forever changed America with his State. revolutionary ideas and actions. During his life cut too short, he served as George Washington's chief aide, was Alexander Hamilton : the first Treasury Secretary of the United States of the making of America America, a loving husband and father, despised by his by Teri Kanefield fellow Founding Fathers, and shot to death by Aaron Burr Chronicles the life of the Founding in a legendary duel. Father, from his impoverished childhood in the West Indies and journey to New Hamilton York City to his role in developing the Lin-Manuel Miranda promised over a year Constitution and death in a duel with ago that after he wrapped up the Aaron Burr. Hamilton cast album, he would finally start working on The Hamilton Mixtape, Alexander Hamilton : an album of remixes, covers, and the outsider “inspired bys” based on the hit Broadway by Jean Fritz musical and cultural phenomenon, Hamilton. He’s made An accessible profile of the founding good on that promise, announcing that pre-orders for the father and first U.S. Secretary of the mixtape could begin, and releasing a track list of the Treasury discusses the challenges he album that includes an amazing roster of talented rappers, faced as a man from a different culture, singers, hip-hop greats, along with . his Revolutionary War contributions and his role in shaping a fledgling America. Hamilton : the Revolution The Federalist Papers by Lin-Manuel Miranda by Alexander Hamilton The Tony Award-winning composer- A collection of essays written in support lyricist-star takes readers behind the of the Constitution of the United States scenes of his groundbreaking hit musical, from the original text of Alexander which is filled with romance, drama, Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay. violence, patriotism and adventure and details the many dramatic episodes in Alexander Hamilton's life. South Country Library 22 Station Road Bellport, New York 11713 | (631) 286-0818 http://www.sctylib.org/