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Books I’m Reading I finished this one this week. Brookhiser did good work here. Alexander Hamilton is a unique study compared to the other founders of the U.S. They all share many characteristics but Hamilton was a bit of an outlier. For one, he wasn’t a U.S. citizen. He was born on a Caribbean Island.…

I picked back up on Red Rising book #5 this week after my hold on Libby arrived.

I’ll eventually finish the Red Rising series from Pierce Brown but it’ll take a while! From the Goodreads summary:

For a decade Darrow led a revolution against the corrupt color-coded Society. Now, outlawed by the very Republic he founded, he wages a rogue war on Mercury in hopes that he can still salvage the dream of Eo. But as he leaves death and destruction in his wake, is he still the hero who broke the chains? Or will another legend rise to take his place? Lysander au Lune, the heir in exile, has returned to the Core.

Determined to bring peace back to mankind at the edge of his sword, he must overcome or unite the treacherous Gold families of the Core and face down Darrow over the skies of war-torn Mercury. But theirs are not the only fates hanging in the balance. On Luna, Mustang, Sovereign of the Republic, campaigns to unite the Republic behind her husband. Beset by political and criminal enemies, can she outwit her opponents in time to save him? Once a Red refugee, young Lyria now stands accused of treason, and her only hope is a desperate escape with unlikely new allies.

Abducted by a new threat to the Republic, Pax and Electra, the children of Darrow and Sevro, must trust in Ephraim, a thief, for their salvation-and Ephraim must look to them for his chance at redemption. As alliances shift, break, and re-form-and power is seized, lost, and reclaimed-every player is at risk in a game of conquest that could turn the Rising into a new Dark Age.

I’m continuing in this excellent biography this week.

Hamilton was a fiery character, well-read and well-informed, and passionate in his defense of his beliefs and convictions.

Brookhiser has done good work in writing biographies on several founding fathers of the United States. After finishing Give Me Liberty last week, I started in on Alexander Hamilton, American. It has been great so far.

Hamilton, like so many of the younger founding fathers, excelled in many areas, over and above their peers. They wrote significant works at a young age, entered college at a young age, and read far more than those around them. Hamilton was no exception.

He served as one of George Washington’s aides in the revolutionary war, helped craft the United States Constitution, and, as the first Secretary of the Treasury, was the primary architect and advocate for creating America’s first central bank – the First Bank of the United States, which was established in 1791.

Books I’m Reading I finished this book and was thankful I read it. Brookhiser captures well the context and sentiments underpinning several of the most liberty-connected moments in the history of the United States. Particularly moving this week was the account of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s (FDR) fireside chat later named, “Arsenal of Democracy,” delivered on…