# I need some book recommendations

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**Created:** [March 8, 2006, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-book-recommendations/347467 "2006-03-08T01:47:09Z")\
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_Into Thin Air_ is quite good; I’d also recommend it.

Maybe not quite what you have in mind, but…

_Founding Father: Rediscovering George Washington_ by Richard Brookhiser is an excellent short bio of the Father of His Country, and in a very witty, interesting way shows how GW overcame quite a few hurdles in life to rise to greatness.

_Alexander Hamilton_ by Ron Chernow is a very big book, but well worth your time. Hamilton overcame the taint of illegitimacy and, by his own genius and hard work, became a leader of the infant United States.

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