By Randy Petersen Overlooked No More Alexander Hamilton was always a second-string founding father, in my view. He got his face on the ten-dollar bill, but he never had the stature of a Washington, Jefferson, or Franklin. Little did I know. Ron Chernow’s 800-page biography reveals Hamilton as a key player in the first quarter-century of…
By Randy Petersen Adventures as a History Writer My agent came to me with a great idea. “Did you know that Ben Franklin and George Whitefield were friends? Somebody should write a book about that.” If you don’t know the name George Whitefield, you’re not alone. He was the British preacher who captivated the American colonies…
