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ABOUT THE AUTHOR.

Ron Chernow is the prizewinning author of five previous books. His first, The House of Morgan, The House of Morgan, won the National Book Award. His two most recent books, won the National Book Award. His two most recent books, Alexander Hamilton Alexander Hamilton and and t.i.tan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr., t.i.tan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr., were both nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award in biography. Chernow lives in Brooklyn, New York. were both nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award in biography. Chernow lives in Brooklyn, New York.