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In addition to writing awardwinning books, hes a freelance journalist and has advised on tv documentaries. To pass the time on the road, ive begun to listen to audio books. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. His more recent biography of a founding father, washington. Full of startling revelations, the book indelibly alters. Oct 10, 2004 at a critical time to look back to our roots, alexander hamilton will remind readers of the purpose of our institutions and our heritage as americans. He wrote more than 60 articles in national newspapers and magazines from 1973 to 1982.
His two most recent books, alexander hamilton and titan. Ron chernow is an american writer, journalist, historian, and biographer, as well as the author of alexander hamilton, which inspired the hit musical. Ron chernow has received honorary degrees from long island university, marymount manhattan college, hamilton college, washington college, and skidmore college. Audible audiobook unabridged ron chernow author, grover gardner narrator, blackstone audio, inc. Access a free summary of titan, by ron chernow and 20,000 other business, leadership and nonfiction books on getabstract. Titan audiobook free download titan audiobook online for iphone written by. At a critical time to look back to our roots, alexander hamilton will remind listeners of the purpose of our institutions and our heritage as americans. This is the third book by ron chernow that i have read.
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