Reading List by Jennie for July through September

Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow

I had long wanted to see Hamilton, Lin-Manual Miranda’s award-winning musical based on this book, and I finally got a chance on my 50th birthday in 2019. I liked it a lot, though it wasn’t the magical experience for me that I know it was for many. When I saw this biography on sale on Amazon, I snapped it up. Unfortunately for me it was a bit of a slog, far too worshipful (to the point of distastefully trying to reason away Hamilton’s infidelity) and dry at times...