About the Author

John Steele Gordon is a columnist for American Heritage and the author of A Thread Across the Ocean, The Great Game, Hamilton's Blessing, and The Scarlet Woman of Wall Street. His writing has appeared in the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. He lives in North Salem, New York.

Reviews

"Impressive. ... A deft, lively handling of an ambitious project that would have daunted almost any other writer." -- Ron Chernow, author of Alexander Hamilton