Andrew Porwancher is the Wick Cary Professor at the University of Oklahoma. His books include The Devil Himself: A Tale of Honor, Insanity, and the Birth of Modern America.
"""Winner of the Silver Medal in Biography, Independent Publisher Book Awards"" ""Winner of the Book-of-the-Year Award, Journal of the American Revolution"" ""Finalist in History, ForeWord Reviews’ INDIES Book of the Year Awards"" ""Readers will find an engaging book that provides a unique look at Hamilton’s life as well as the history of Jews in the Revolution and early national period. . . . [An] innovative study that illuminates previously obscured details of Alexander Hamilton’s childhood."" * Journal of the American Revolution * ""Ingenious. . . . Porwancher impressively draws on primary sources in half a dozen languages.""---Stephen Whitfield, Jewish Book Council ""Remarkable, informative, and thorough. ""---Mike Fink, Providence Journal ""Radical. . . . Porwancher’s prose is extraordinarily bright.""---Adam Jortner, Reviews in American History ""Innovative. . . . An invaluable contribution.""---Nan Goodman, American Nineteenth Century History ""Very well-written.""---Alexander J. Groth, Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs"