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Chronicles the life of controversial founding father, Alexander Hamilton, depicting his notorious love affairs, his leadership in the economic transformation of the new country as the first secretary of the treasury, and his demise in a duel with Aaron Burr.
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One of the most controversial men of his age, Alexander Hamilton was a gifted statesman brought down by the fatal flaws of stubbornness, extreme candor and arrogance.He had one of the most notorious love affairs of any public figure in American history, and met his death in a startling act of political violence...the famous duel with Aaron Burr. He was the one founder who had a vision, not of what America was, but of what it could become. This two-hour American Experience tells the story of the underappreciated genius who laid the groundwork for the nation's modern economy...including the banking system, Wall Street and an opportunity society in which talent and hard work, not birth, determined success.
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