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If anyone is interested in further reading on America's favorite fighting frenchman, I recommend several readings for you:

1. Layfayette's writings when he visited the United States in 1824. Invited by James Monroe to instill the spirit of 1776, Lafayette embarked on a 24 state tour of the US. There he was greeted with near universal praise in every town he visited. Many historians agree that the first 'ticker tape' like parade happened when Lafayette was greeted by 1/3rd of New York City's population( granted this is 1824,and well before the 5 boroughs were consolidated under one city government so it was just Manhattan, but 1/3rd is still a high number regardless). One of the more touching moments on the journey is when Lafayette met up with an old friend for one last time, Thomas Jefferson. Two men whom were well into their golden years, began recalling old memories of when Jefferson was an ambassador to France, and other fond memories in private. Now for those wondering if there were any connections to Hamilton; when Layfayette arrived at New York City, the city had a bust of Hamilton and two cannons from the Battle of Yorktown on display at the New York City Hall- the end point of the parade.
   
   
2. Lafayette. This book examines his life. Raised in an aristocratic family to fighting in the French Revolution, to his brief period in exile and prison, to later on touring the United States. If you are curious about the man who could be close friends with Hamilton and Jefferson-despite them two being fierce enemies- I seriously recommend this book. Unger displays an encyclopedia worth of knowledge with easy to read prose that shouldn't intimidate anyone.
   
   
   Correction It was two pieces of a cannon from the Battle of Yorktown, not two cannons.

I'm sure you can find Lafayette's memoirs online somewhere. I haven't read it, but I heard Lafayette in the Somewhat United States by Sarah Vowell is pretty good.

I've been oscillating between choosing one of these two... If anyone has read either one, would love to hear thoughts, otherwise I think I just need to flip a coin:

http://www.amazon.com/Marquis-Lafayette-Reconsidered-Laura-Auricchio/dp/0307387453/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1459350227&sr=8-3&keywords=lafayette

http://www.amazon.com/Lafayette-Harlow-Giles-Unger/dp/0471468851/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1459350227&sr=8-2&keywords=lafayette

Separately but related, I highly recommend Mike Duncan's Revolutions podcast, particularly Season 3 on the French Revolution in which Lafayette is of course a major character: http://www.revolutionspodcast.com/ The current Season 4 on the Haitian Revolution has also been thrilling.

This is the book I bought my 11 year old and he loved it. A bit over 100 pages, he says he learned a lot. Love that this music has gotten him so into learning history.

Alexander Hamilton: the Outsider https://www.amazon.com/dp/0142419869/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_47H6AbS11CZYJ

https://www.amazon.com/Hamilton-Revolution-Lin-Manuel-Miranda/dp/1455539740/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1473829641&sr=8-1

It's awesome! This review says it better than I could

https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R7TFFKY75ETRG/ref=cm_cr_dp_d_rvw_btm?ie=UTF8&ASIN=1455539740

We don't have a firm date for this event, so we shouldn't be surprised if some writers vary in dating it. (For that matter, I'm not wholly confident that it actually happened.) But if it did happen, it would have to have been sometime between March 1825 (when Monroe left the presidency) and July 1831 (when he died).

Chernow is good. (As LMM sometimes says on Twitter, "get thee to Chernow.") I also like the shorter biographies of Hamilton by Noemie Emery and Richard Brookhiser. And of course there are many, many other excellent books about the founders and their various relationships. It all depends on your interests and what styles of writing you prefer. My personal favorite biographical work about the Founders is James Thomas Flexner's biography of George Washington, which was originally published in four wonderful volumes, but can also be found abridged in a one-volume version called The Indispensable Man.

i'm assuming you mean the vinyl.

just did a little research and the best option seems to be amazon

https://www.amazon.com/Hamilton-2017-Calendar-Universe-Publishing/dp/0789332183

Is it this one? I'd love to get it for you when it's back in stock.

The short version: it's horribly written. The author tried to make Eliza the sort of heroine a 13-year-old girl discovering feminism would love, and I appreciate the effort, but oof, it ended up being an insult to 13-year-old girls. She behaves in ways that would never fly in that period, acts like a bitch for no reason, and apparently is the black sheep of the Schuyler family. It has little basis in history, and both she and Alexander have none of their historical counterparts' personality traits. The author wrote a bad book cashing off of the musical's success and fangirls' crushes on musical-Hamilton. It's lazy "young adult" fiction. (Just the fact that the author stops right after they get married, before anything difficult in their personal relationship happens, should show you how lazy and fanciful it is.)

If you're gonna read fluffy trash, try The Hamilton Affair. It's not a very complex or insightful take on their relationship, either, and it's definitely another piece of fluff; I gave it a 2 out of 5. But the writing style isn't total garbage, there's some attention to historical detail, and the author at least attempted to model the fictional versions on the actual people re: personality. If you want some novels about the Revolutionary War that aren't focused on Hamilton and Eliza, there are dozens of great ones, too, with the detail and complexity deserved.

ETA: To be clear, I have no issue with young adult fiction. But most of my students are 16-20 years old, and they are not stupid. It's frustrating when books like this treat young people like they're dumb and put in zero effort. Trust me, they can handle more nuanced characters and intricate plots! It was a fascinating time period and these are interesting people; why not use that to your advantage instead of writing a book that bears little resemblance to history beyond the characters' names?

If she doesn't already have it, the Hamilton book is fantastic. And right now it's 40% off.

https://www.amazon.com/Hamilton-Revolution-Lin-Manuel-Miranda/dp/1455539740/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1481068109&sr=8-1&keywords=hamilton+book

I'm framing the autographed window card I have as well, opted for a relatively cheaper framing option with this frame and this mat, any thoughts? Just curious since you've done this several times recently.

What's helped me is Hamilton the Podcast and LMM's book Hamilton the Revolution (which I now am seeing that I paid a lot more for at my local bookstore than it is on Amazon. Trying here!)

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hamilton-the-podcast/id1087073710?mt=2

http://www.amazon.com/Hamilton-Revolution-Lin-Manuel-Miranda/dp/1455539740/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1465143704&sr=8-1&keywords=hamilton+revolution

Amazon has a physical MP3 CD pre-order (at least in the US).

You can get it on Amazon for less than $30

Source: Amazon Link

And if you really want to get a whole different and deeper view...

Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0143034758/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_53VIDbXWV2DCQ

Can only find on UK Amazon at the moment, not sure about anywhere else just yet

Pre order got released a few weeks ago and they ship RSD weekend!

Found this here: https://www.amazon.com/Hamilton-Coloring-M-G-Anthony/dp/1682612252/

There are annotations for all of the songs on genius. https://genius.com/Original-broadway-cast-of-hamilton-alexander-hamilton-lyrics

He also has notes about all of the songs in the book he wrote Hamilton: The Revolution https://smile.amazon.com/dp/1455539740/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_PrjVDb9Y05JJR

Amazon has it

http://www.amazon.com/Hamilton-Original-Broadway-Recording-Explicit/dp/B01CTFZI32/ref=tmm_vnl_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

https://www.amazon.com/Hamilton-Mixtape-Explicit-Original-Broadway/dp/B01JR0QYGW/ref=pd_sbs_15_t_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=MV5110HF13DDB8HWQMMX

The "Hamiltome" the book about the musical: https://www.amazon.com/Hamilton-Revolution-Lin-Manuel-Miranda/dp/1455539740

link

https://www.etsy.com/listing/496942390/angelica-schuyler-costume

Forum Novelties Colonial Maiden Corset-Style Dress, Pink, Std https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XNR66P7/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_nJDSDb10NNDX7

Just need to add the vocal selections:

Hamilton - Vocal Selections https://www.amazon.com/dp/1495057542/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_AvMExbK02BSGW

https://www.amazon.com/Who-Was-Alexander-Hamilton-Pollack/dp/0399544275

That's one such book for you.

>https://www.amazon.com/Who\-Was\-Alexander\-Hamilton\-Pollack/dp/0399544275

I second this book! I teach 5th grade and have it in my classroom library. It's a hit with my kids who know the musical.

Also available on Amazon at the same price

This technically isn't about the musical, but the fans. As someone who was super into history before Hamilton, some Hamilton fans either repeat inaccurate things, fail to understand/misrepresent different issues, try to downplay issues because they like [character in musical] and want to defend them, etc. Oh, and demonize [character in musical] if they don't like them.

It's upsetting. Some of it is done from ignorance and that's fine, because no one is born knowing everything and that's something that can be fixed, but some of it is very deliberate.

I suppose you could say I have some issues with how the musical itself represents some things, but I don't expect the musical to be an accurate representation of what happened, I know what's different between the musical and real life, and I think it's ridiculous to think a musical should have to be 100% accurate. So when people treat it as 100% accurate and then enter historical discussions about early American history? That's annoying.

And what I hate most are the type of fans that left these reviews on Mr. Massey's book about John Laurens. It's very clear most of them didn't actually read the book, didn't read the updated preface that clearly says of the three things he would change if he were to write the book again his portrayal of the Laurens-Hamilton relationship was the first one. But Massey didn't say Laurens was gay, so let's give one star ratings crying about how dare he and acting like all John Laurens ever was was a sexuality. (And saying Chernow's biography on Hamilton is a better biography on Laurens than Massey's biography dedicated to Laurens and his father, which is kind of amazing in how ridiculous that statement is.) Let's completely disrespect the memory of a real human being by reducing him to who he may have had sex with.

For the record, I think it's extremely likely Laurens was attracted to his sex. I think it's likely he was intimate with someone of the same sex. I'm not going to say he was gay or bi, because I think it's inappropriate to try and put a modern label on something that didn't have a similar existing concept.

I think I'm done ranting now. Most of y'all are the chillest people, but we all have something we want to strangle people over, you know?

(And though this isn't relevant, I feel compelled to add that I, like most other people I know who are into Early American history, am a coupe letters in LGBT. Some people seem to think my disliking those types of reviews is because I'm a homophobe? I'm not sure what that's about. I doubt anyone in this sub would make that type of argument, but covering my bases.)