We all know the story by now. Lin-Manuel Miranda read an Alexander Hamilton biography by Ron Chernow on vacation, and the rest was history. He wrote the smash-hit Broadway musical Hamilton, which has ...

In 2004, historian Ron Chernow wrote a biography that changed the world — or at least musical theater as we know it. Since it inspired Lin-Manuel Miranda to create the smash Broadway musical “Hamilton ...

This combination photo shows the cover of the biography "Grant," left, and author Ron Chernow. The historian whose Alexander Hamilton biography was the basis for the Broadway musical â "Hamilton" ...

“Hamilton” the musical is largely faithful to Alexander Hamilton’s life, with a few events transposed in time and some details changed for dramatic license. Some historians have said the musical ...