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Books by Ron Chernow






Grant(Reprint)
by Ron Chernow, Ulysses S. Grant
Paperback, 1,104 Pages, Published 2018 by Penguin Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-14-311063-7, ISBN: 0-14-311063-2

"The #1 New York Times bestseller.Named one of the 10 Best Books of 2017 by The New York Times Book Review.Pulitzer Prize winner Ron Chernow returns with a sweeping and dramatic portrait of one of our most compelling generals and presidents, Ulysses S. Grant.   Ulysses S. Grant's life has typically been misunderstood. All too often he is caricatured as a chronic loser and an inept businessman, or as the triumphant but brutal Union genera ..."






Washington(1st Edition)
A Life
by Ron Chernow
Paperback, 928 Pages, Published 2011 by Penguin Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-14-311996-8, ISBN: 0-14-311996-6

"A gripping portrait of the first president of the United States from the author of Alexander Hamilton, the New York Times bestselling biography that inspired the musical.Celebrated biographer Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of our nation and the first president of the United States. With a breadth and depth matched by no other one volume biography of George Washington, this crisply paced narrative carries th ..."






The Death of the Banker(1st Edition)
The Decline and Fall of the Great Financial Dynasties and the Triumph of the Small Investor (Vintage)
by Ron Chernow
Paperback, 130 Pages, Published 1997 by Vintage
ISBN-13: 978-0-375-70037-8, ISBN: 0-375-70037-4

""For anyone interested in the world behind the business-page headlines, this is the book to read." --Publishers WeeklyWith the same breadth of vision and narrative élan he brought to his monumental biographies of the great financiers, Ron Chernow examines the forces that made dynasties like the Morgans, the Warburgs, and the Rothschilds the financial arbiters of the early twentieth century and then rendered them virtually obsolete by th ..."






The House of Morgan(2nd Edition)
An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance
by Ron Chernow
Paperback, 832 Pages, Published 2004 by Vintage
ISBN-13: 978-1-4000-7730-4, ISBN: 1-4000-7730-3

"John D. Rockefeller, Sr.--history's first billionaire and the patriarch of America's most famous dynasty--is an icon whose true nature has eluded three generations of historians. Now Ron Chernow, the National Book Award-winning biographer of the Morgan and Warburg banking families, gives us a history of the mogul "etched with uncommon objectivity and literary grace . . . as detailed, balanced, and psychologically insightful a portrait o ..."






The House of Morgan
An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance
by Ron Chernow
Paperback, 848 Pages, Published 2010 by Grove Press
Bargain Price
ISBN-13: 978-0-8021-4465-2, ISBN: 0-8021-4465-9

"[MP3-CD audiobook format in Vinyl case. *NOTE: The MP3-CD format requires a compatible audio CD player.][Read by Robertson Dean] *Winner of the National Book Award and now considered a classic, The House of Morgan is the most ambitious history ever written about an American banking dynasty. Acclaimed by the Wall Street Journal as ''brilliantly researched and written,'' the book tells the rich, panoramic story of four generations of Morg ..."






Grant(1st Edition)
by Ron Chernow
Hardcover, 1,104 Pages, Published 2017 by Penguin Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-59420-487-6, ISBN: 1-59420-487-X

"Pulitzer Prize-winner and biographer of Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, and John D. Rockefeller, Ron Chernow returns with a sweeping and dramatic portrait of one of our most compelling generals and presidents, Ulysses S. Grant.Ulysses S. Grant's life has typically been misunderstood. All too often he is caricatured as a chronic loser and inept businessman, fond of drinking to excess; or as the triumphant but brutal Union general ..."






Alexander Hamilton
by Ron Chernow
Hardcover, 818 Pages, Published 2004 by The Penguin Press
Deckle Edge
ISBN-13: 978-1-59420-009-0, ISBN: 1-59420-009-2

"A New York Times Bestseller, and the inspiration for the hit Broadway musical Hamilton!Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow presents a landmark biography of Alexander Hamilton, the Founding Father who galvanized, inspired, scandalized, and shaped the newborn nation.In the first full-length biography of Alexander Hamilton in decades, Ron Chernow tells the riveting story of a man who overcame all odds to shape, inspire, and scandaliz ..."






The House of Morgan(Reprint)
An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance
by Ron Chernow
Paperback, 832 Pages, Published 2001 by Grove Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8021-3829-3, ISBN: 0-8021-3829-2

"The winner of the National Book Award and now considered a classic, The House of Morgan is the most ambitious history ever written about an American banking dynasty. Acclaimed by The Wall Street Journal as "brilliantly researched and written," the book tells the rich, panoramic story of four generations of Morgans and the powerful, secretive firms they spawned. It is the definitive account of the rise of the modern financial world. A gr ..."






My Dearest Julia
The Wartime Letters of Ulysses S. Grant to His Wife: A Library of America Special Publication (Library of America Special Publications)
by Ulysses S. Grant, Ron Chernow
Hardcover, 183 Pages, Published 2018 by Library Of America
ISBN-13: 978-1-59853-589-1, ISBN: 1-59853-589-7

"The Civil War's greatest general as you've never seen him before, in a revealing collection of letters to his wife Julia introduced by Ron Chernow.Ulysses S. Grant is justly celebrated as the author of one of the finest military autobiographies ever written, yet many readers of his Personal Memoirs are unaware that during his army years Grant wrote hundreds of intimate and revealing letters to his wife, Julia Dent Grant. Presented with ..."






The House of Morgan(Reprint)
An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance
by Ron Chernow
Paperback, 812 Pages, Published 1991 by Simon & Schuster Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-671-73400-8, ISBN: 0-671-73400-8

" The House of Morgan is the most ambitious history ever written about an American banking dynasty. Hailed as an investigative masterpiece, it traces the trajectory of the J. P. Morgan empire from its obscure beginnings in Victorian London to the crash of 1987 and beyond. A rich, panoramic story of four generations of Morgans and the powerful, secretive firms they spawned, it is the definitive account of the rise of the modern financial ..."






The Warburgs(2nd Edition)
The Twentieth-Century Odyssey of a Remarkable Jewish Family
by Ron Chernow
Paperback, 880 Pages, Published 2016 by Vintage
ISBN-13: 978-0-525-43183-1, ISBN: 0-525-43183-7

"All three of Ron Chernow's books are lengthy and solidly researched, but his background as a journalist shows in his ability here to convey complex material in terms of vivid characters and a well-defined theme. As in his National Book Award-winning business history (The House of Morgan) and his comprehensive biography of John D. Rockefeller (Titan), in The Warburgs Chernow employs marvelously detailed material to trace a single overarc ..."






Washington(Unabridged)
A Life (Thorndike Press Large Print Nonfiction)
by Ron Chernow
Hardcover, 1,500 Pages, Published 2010 by Thorndike Press
Large Print, Unabridged
ISBN-13: 978-1-4104-3117-2, ISBN: 1-4104-3117-7

"From National Book Award winner Ron Chernow, a landmark biography of George Washington. In Washington: A Life celebrated biographer Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of our nation. With a breadth and depth matched by no other one-volume life of Washington, this crisply paced narrative carries the reader through his troubled boyhood, his precocious feats in the French and Indian War, his creation of Mount Ver ..."






Titan(1st Edition)
The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
by Ron Chernow
Paperback, 774 Pages, Published 1999 by Vintage
ISBN-13: 978-0-679-75703-0, ISBN: 0-679-75703-1

"The patrician accent of George Plimpton (author of Truman Capote and The X Factor), with its edge of aristocracy and money, is perfectly suited for telling the rags-to-riches story of America's most famous businessman and philanthropist. Indeed, Plimpton seems to positively relish the superlatives that describe the life of John D. Rockefeller, who was far and away one of the most calculating, secretive, competitive, merciless, an ..."






Titan(1st Edition)
The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
by Ron Chernow
Hardcover, 800 Pages, Published 1998 by Random House
ISBN-13: 978-0-679-43808-3, ISBN: 0-679-43808-4

"John D. Rockefeller, Sr.--history's first billionaire and the patriarch of America's most famous dynasty--is an icon whose true nature has eluded three generations of historians. Now Ron Chernow, the National Book Award-winning biographer of the Morgan and Warburg banking families, gives us a history of the mogul "etched with uncommon objectivity and literary grace . . . as detailed, balanced, and psychologically insightful a portrait o ..."






The Warburgs(Reprint)
The Twentieth-Century Odyssey of a Remarkable Jewish Family
by Ron Chernow
Paperback, 880 Pages, Published 1994 by Vintage
Mobipocket_Ebook
ISBN-13: 978-0-679-74359-0, ISBN: 0-679-74359-6

"All three of Ron Chernow's books are lengthy and solidly researched, but his background as a journalist shows in his ability here to convey complex material in terms of vivid characters and a well-defined theme. As in his National Book Award-winning business history (The House of Morgan) and his comprehensive biography of John D. Rockefeller (Titan), in The Warburgs Chernow employs marvelously detailed material to trace a single overarc ..."






George Washington(Updated)
Selected Writings: A Library of America Paperback Classic (Library of America Paperback Classics)
by George Washington, Ron Chernow
Paperback, 512 Pages, Published 2011 by Library Of America
ISBN-13: 978-1-59853-110-7, ISBN: 1-59853-110-7

"Paperback. Pub Date: 2011 09 Pages: 512 in Publisher: Liary of America Simultaneously with the release of a paperback edition of his acclaimed biography Washington: A Life (Penguin) Ron Chernow presents a revealing portrait of Washington through his own words. A young officer leading an attack that triggered a global struggle for empire. Commander of the ill-equipped and undermanned Continental Army in the War of Independence. Presiding ..."






The House of Morgan(1st Edition)
An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance
by Ron Chernow
Hardcover, 812 Pages, Published 1990 by Atlantic Monthly Pr
ISBN-13: 978-0-87113-338-0, ISBN: 0-87113-338-5

"The winner of the National Book Award and now considered a classic, The House of Morgan is the most ambitious history ever written about an American banking dynasty. Acclaimed by The Wall Street Journal as "brilliantly researched and written," the book tells the rich, panoramic story of four generations of Morgans and the powerful, secretive firms they spawned. It is the definitive account of the rise of the modern financial world. A gr ..."






Alexander Hamilton
(Paperback)
by Ron Chernow
Paperback, 832 Pages, Published 2020 by Head Of Zeus|Apollo
ISBN-13: 978-1-80024-439-9, ISBN: 1-80024-439-8






Alexander Hamilton
(Great Lives)
by Ron Chernow
Paperback, 832 Pages, Published 2017 by Head Of Zeus
ISBN-13: 978-1-78669-003-6, ISBN: 1-78669-003-9

"A New York Times Bestseller, and the inspiration for the hit Broadway musical Hamilton!Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow presents a landmark biography of Alexander Hamilton, the Founding Father who galvanized, inspired, scandalized, and shaped the newborn nation.In the first full-length biography of Alexander Hamilton in decades, Ron Chernow tells the riveting story of a man who overcame all odds to shape, inspire, and scandaliz ..."






Alexander Hamilton
(Great Lives)
by Ron Chernow
Paperback, 832 Pages, Published 2016 by Head Of Zeus
ISBN-13: 978-1-78669-002-9, ISBN: 1-78669-002-0

"A New York Times Bestseller, and the inspiration for the hit Broadway musical Hamilton!Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow presents a landmark biography of Alexander Hamilton, the Founding Father who galvanized, inspired, scandalized, and shaped the newborn nation.In the first full-length biography of Alexander Hamilton in decades, Ron Chernow tells the riveting story of a man who overcame all odds to shape, inspire, and scandaliz ..."



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