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Y O U N G P A T R I O T S S E R I E S
A
LEXANDER
H
AMILTON
Y
OUNG
S
TATESMAN
Written by
Helen Boyd Higgins
Illustrated by Cathy Morrison
ALEXANDER HAMILTON
A
LEXANDER
H
AMILTON
Y
OUNG
S
TATESMAN
Written by
Helen Boyd Higgins
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Illustrated by Cathy Morrison
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ALEXANDER HAMILTON
© 2008 by The Estate of Helen Boyd Higgins. All rights reserved
Text illustrations © 2008 Patria Press, Inc.
Cover design © 2008 Patria Press, Inc.
ISBN 978-1-882859-61-0 hardback
ISBN 978-1-882859-62-7 paperback
Patria Press, Inc.
PO Box 752
Carmel IN 46082
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Printed and bound in the United States of America
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Text originally published by the Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1942, in the Childhood
of Famous Americans Series
®
. The Childhood of Famous Americans Series
®
is a
registered trademark of Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Library of Congress Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
Higgins, Helen Boyd.
[Alec Hamilton, the Little Lion]
Alexander Hamilton, young statesman / by Helen Boyd Higgins ; illustrated
by Cathy Morrison.
p. cm. – (Young patriots series ; v. 14)
Summary: Provides a fictional account of the childhood of the man who
would become the first Secretary of the Treasury, as he enjoys peaceful days
with his books and pet parrot on Caribbean islands, dreaming of one day
attending college in the American Colonies.
ISBN-13: 978-1-882859-61-0 (hardcover)
ISBN-13: 978-1-882859-62-7 (pbk.)
1. Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804–Childhood and youth–Juvenile fiction.
[1. Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804–Childhood and youth–Fiction. 2. Family
life–Virgin Islands of the United States–Fiction. 3. Schools–Fiction. 4.
Conduct of life–Fiction. 5. Virgin Islands of the United States–History–
18th century–Fiction.] I. Morrison, Cathy, ill. II. Title.
PZ7.H53495Al 2008
[Fic]–dc22
2007035676
Edited by Harold Underdown
Design by: Timothy Mayer/TM Design
This book is printed on Glatfelter’s 55# Natural recycled paper.
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Contents
Page
1 Rescue from the Sea
1
2 Happy Birthday, Mother
10
4 The Chase
29
5 I'll Not be Afraid
38
6 Christopher Columbus
44
7 Alec Has a Job
52
8 School At Last
57
9 A Great Change for Alec
65
10 Alec’s New Home
70
11 I Must Make Some Money
75
12 Trouble Ahead
84
13 The Hurricane
91
14 A Dream Come True
100
What Happened Next? 108
Fun Facts about Alexander Hamilton 109
When Alexander Hamilton Lived 110
What Does That Mean? 113
About the Author 114
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ALEXANDER HAMILTON
Illustrations
“‘We’ll have to hurry if we want to get back to
Uncle Peter’s. . .’”
8
“Poleon…stood behind Alec’s mother’s chair
waving a palm branch. . . 15
“. . .there were no sidewalks and many people
were in town. . .”
22
“It was the first time that he had lost his
temper in many months.”
36
“‘I know, Alec, you think that you are afraid
of horses.’”
41
“There was Poleon holding the bridle of a small,
black horse. . .” 45
“A troop of monkeys was playing among the trees. . .” 53
“They rolled over and over. First one boy
was on top, then the other.”
60
“This is a sword which was used by one of my
ancestors. . .”
67
“. . .he came upon an old two-wheeled ox cart,
broken down.” 72
“Cruger watched the way Alec added.” 82
“One evening a letter finally came from Neddy.” 87
“He pulled himself up, waited. . .until the
squall was over. . .”
94
“A stiff breeze carried the small boat quickly
from the dock.”
106
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