Alexander Hamilton by Teri Kanefield - ADVISABLE

Alexander Hamilton by Teri Kanefield (The Making of America, #1), 203 pages.  Abrams Books, 2017.  $17.  Content: Language: G; Mature Content: G; Violence: PG.  

BUYING ADVISORY: MS – ADVISABLE  

AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE  

This book tells a little about the life of Alexander Hamilton, starting with his childhood and then moving through his drive to get an education.  Hamilton was brilliant and made a huge impact on our government, putting into place a federal bank and establishing a stable economy in which the United States depended on to succeed as a new nation.  Hamilton was one of the founding fathers and this book covers some of the events and relationships while our country was developing.  

I enjoyed this short and succinct biography on Hamilton.  I feel like teenagers today know more about Hamilton than the other founding fathers, but this book does a good job concentrating on his contributions to our government.  Not everything is included in this book, leaving out some of the more intriguing parts of Hamilton’s story, but it’s a good start.  

Reviewer, C. Peterson