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Think you know everything about Alexander Hamilton? Think again! The original immigrant success story brought to life in the musical "Hamilton," is every bit as amazing and controversial now as it was in the 18th century. TIME tells the whole story of the nation's first Secretary of the Treasury-a founding father with a complicated and ultimately tragic story that didn't end with the duel in Weehawken.

Describes briefly the lives of Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr who became orphans, both grew up to be brilliant, and both served as heroes in the American Revolution. Despite the intertwining of their two lives they could not get along and after a historic duel, Hamilton died.