Rough Diamond

Rough Diamond
Author :
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Total Pages : 144
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780253053954
ISBN-13 : 0253053951
Rating : 4/5 (54 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Rough Diamond by : A. K. Fielding

Download or read book Rough Diamond written by A. K. Fielding and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2021-06-08 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Solider, politician, miner, pioneer, scion of a Founding Father, William Stephen Hamilton led a prolific life. Rough Diamond: The Life of Colonel William Stephen Hamilton examines the tumultuous early Republic period of American history through the life of Alexander Hamilton's son. Born in New York in 1797, the fifth son of Alexander Hamilton, he was only seven when his father was infamously killed in a duel with Vice President Aaron Burr. After resigning from West Point, Hamilton moved to frontier Illinois in 1817. The famous name of Hamilton that may have acquired him rank and prestige at one time was meaningless in a Midwestern frontier society driven by the Jacksonians. Yet, despite being hurled into a clash of economic, political, and cultural cultures, Hamilton determined to live his life by his own rules. A veteran of the Winnebago and Black Hawk Wars, Hamilton was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives before moving to the Wisconsin territory, where he founded the mining town of Hamilton's Diggings (Wiota, WI). When gold was discovered in California in 1848, he traveled west, where he would die in Sacramento in 1850. In Rough Diamond: The Life of Colonel William Stephen Hamilton, author A. K. Fielding expands the story of the Hamilton family. Hamilton's life offers a firsthand account of the formation of the Midwestern states, the realities of life on the frontier, and mass migration caused by the California Gold Rush.


Rough Diamond Related Books

Rough Diamond
Language: en
Pages: 144
Authors: A. K. Fielding
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-06-08 - Publisher: Indiana University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Solider, politician, miner, pioneer, scion of a Founding Father, William Stephen Hamilton led a prolific life. Rough Diamond: The Life of Colonel William Stephe
Frontier Swashbuckler
Language: en
Pages: 276
Authors: Dick Steward
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000 - Publisher: University of Missouri Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Few frontiersmen in the late eighteenth century and early nineteenth century epitomized the reckless energies of the West and the lust for adventure as did John
The Significance of the Frontier in American History
Language: en
Pages: 92
Authors: Frederick Jackson Turner
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-08-07 - Publisher: Penguin UK

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This hugely influential work marked a turning point in US history and culture, arguing that the nation’s expansion into the Great West was directly linked to
Till Death Do Us Part
Language: en
Pages: 348
Authors: Salvatore G. Cilella
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-05-07 - Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Major General Emory Upton (1839–1881) served in all three branches of the U.S. military during the American Civil War. Lauded as a war hero, he later earned a
Works
Language: en
Pages: 480
Authors: Theodore Parker
Categories: Unitarianism
Type: BOOK - Published: 1908 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK