Biographer Ron Chernow has risen to prominence due to his entertaining, all encompassing exploration of historical figures like John D. Rockefeller and Alexander Hamilton, both of which racked up book ...

Prelude: the portrait artist -- PART ONE: The frontiersman. A short-lived family -- Fortune's favorite -- Wilderness mission -- Bloodbath -- Shades of death -- The soul of an army -- A votary to love ...

Author Ron Chernow is also responsible for the extensive biography on Alexander Hamilton that inspired Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical. In “Washington,” he looks at America’s first president as a man of ...

"Mark Twain" (Penguin Press), the latest book from Ron Chernow, the Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer of George Washington, Alexander Hamilton and Ulysses S. Grant, examines the life of one of America ...

The National Constitution Center’s prestigious Liberty Medal typically honors notables from presidents to civil rights leaders, but this year, for the first time in its 37-year history, the award ...

We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. "Mark Twain" (Penguin Press), the latest book from Ron Chernow, the Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer of George ...