Ron Chernow vividly re-creates the whole sweep of Alexander Hamilton's life - his exotic, brutal upbringing; his titanic feuds with celebrated rivals; his pivotal role in defining the shape of the federal government; his shocking illicit romances; and his famous death in a duel with Aaron Burr in July 1804.

"Revisiting the Founding Era" calls on Americans today to re-examine documents and ideas from that turbulent period with an eye to their endurance over time and their relevance in the twenty-first century.

Relates the story and life of George Washington, one of our Founding Fathers. He was one of the greatest leaders the world has ever known and never afraid to be the first to try anything new. From exploring the woods around his childhood home to founding a brand-new nation, the United States of America, he will continue to live on in our history,

In 1789, George Washington became the first president of the United States. He has been called the father of our country for leading America through its early years. Washington also served in two major wars during his lifetime: the French and Indian War and the American Revolution.

"Thomas Jefferson and John Adams could scarcely have come from more different worlds, or been more different in temperament. Jefferson, the optimist with enough faith in the innate goodness of his fellow man to be democracy's champion, was an aristocratic Southern slave owner, while Adams, the overachiever from New England's rising middling classes, painfully aware he was no aristocrat, was a skeptic about popular rule and a defender of a more elitist...