[elbucko]

Thanks for posting this review. Hamilton's likeness is not on our "Ten Spot" for nothing. The best quote I have found in the two bios I have of Hamilton is:"...praise is due Alexander Hamilton for making Americas I.O.U's worth something, in effect converting them into capital, thus injecting badly needed liquidity into a backwater society that was post revolution America. Hamilton, for all his faults is one of the "Providential Persons" that the founding of this country could not have done without.

[skeptoid]

Sounds fascinating, but if someone isn't ready to commit to 800 plus pages, I can highly recommend:
"Hamilton's Blessing: The Extraordinary Life and Times of Our National Debt"
by John Steele Gordon (1997)
It is a concise 200 pages.
Lots available on Amazon.