New York, N.Y. : Speak, 2016.
99 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
This is a wonderful little book of history that should have wide appeal. How can you not be interested in a fatal duel between a sitting US Vice President and history's most famous US Treasurer (who graces the $10 bill and was founder of the Bank of the United States)? Not to mention that one of the men in this notorious duel is now at the center of one of the most popular and successful shows on Broadway - Hamilton!
In less than 100 pages, St. George is able to convey the amazing adventures that were the lives of these two US revolutionaries, one who began his life without the benefit of money or a legal father and who was orphaned at a young age. The other was from a well-to-do family, but also was orphaned early in his life. Both men, close in age and similarly intelligent, brave and ambitious - have lives that crossed each other during and after the American Revolution. Their two stories came crashing together in a climatic duel in 1804 across the Hudson from New York City. Only one of the walked away from the duel. Who? Well, you'll have to read the book to find out, and you won't be disappointed.
Definitely a US history book to recommend.
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