Ron Chernow
The author of ‘Alexander Hamilton’ and ‘Grant’ on what biographies teach us about powerful men.
November 2, 2017
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November 2, 2017
Ron Chernow
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<p>Ron Chernow is the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, and author of <em>Alexander Hamilton</em> and <em>Grant</em>. He sits down with Isaac Chotiner to discuss why Ulysses S. Grant was an important figure in civil rights history, why Robert E. Lee’s extremism has been papered over, and what it was like to watch his Alexander Hamilton biography became a musical smash.</p><p> </p><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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