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Michael E. Newton

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Michael E. Newton graduated Summa Cum Laude with honors from Arizona State University with degrees in finance and computer information systems. He was a portfolio manager for ten years and writes about economics, finance, and the market. Michael Newton has always had a passion for history, politics, and economics, which led him write The Path To Tyranny: A History of Free Society's Descent Into Tyranny. His newest book, Angry Mobs and Founding Fathers: The Fight for Control of the American Revolution, was just published in July 2011. ...more

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	The Path to Tyranny: A History of Free Society's Descent into Tyranny 3.97 avg rating — 188 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Angry Mobs and Founding Fathers: The Fight for Control of the American Revolution 3.88 avg rating — 156 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alexander Hamilton: The Formative Years 4.43 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Discovering Hamilton: New Discoveries in the Lives of Alexander Hamilton, His Family, Friends, and Colleagues, From Various Archives Around the World 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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My new blog, Discovering Hamilton: New Discoveries in the Life of Alexander Hamilton, His Family, Friends, and Colleagues is now up and running. Yesterday, I posted the first new discovery: the oldest known Alexander Hamilton document. After checking it out (and sharing it with friends on facebook, twitter, etc.), be sure to subscribe to the new blog to receive all the new Alexander Hamilton disco

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“My design was not so much to contribute new facts as to shape the narrative in such a way as to emphasize relations of cause and effect that are often buried in the mass of details.”
― John Fiske, The American Revolution vol. I

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Aug 17, 2010 02:31PM

Thanks so much for the friendship, Michael! Glad to *meet* you!

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Bobbie Crawford-McCoy

Bobbie Crawford-McCoy is the Founder, Owner & Editor of Pinnacle: Author & Book Promotion .

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