First featured at SAL in the 1999/00 Season, Ron Chernow returns with his new book, a sweeping portrait of one of our most compelling generals and presidents, Ulysses S. Grant. Chernow's past subjects include George Washington, John D. Rockefeller, and Alexander Hamilton (the biography that inspired Lin-Manuel Miranda's smash-hit musical Hamilton). Since 2009, Chernow has been the historical consultant for Lin-Manuel Miranda on the acclaimed Broadway musical Hamilton. In May 2015, as a member of the show’s creative team, Chernow was a recipient of the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Musical.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has hailed Chernow as “one of the pre-eminent biographers of his generation” and, as a 2015 National Humanities Medal recipient, he has been praised by the National Endowment for the Humanities for “bringing our Nation’s story to life. Through his examination of America’s successful giants and titans, [Chernow] invites his readers to discover their failures and foibles, uncovering enduring lessons that inform our modern era.”

A frequent contributor to the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, Chernow is a familiar figure on national radio and television shows, and has appeared in numerous documentaries. He has served as president of PEN American Center, the country’s pre-eminent organization of authors. He also sits on the executive board of the Society of American Historians and is a fellow of the New York Academy of History. He recently joined the board of trustees of Humanity in Action, a global human rights organization that educates and connects young people seeking to become leaders on human and minority rights. In recent years, he has received honorary doctorates from Marymount Manhattan College, Hamilton College, Long Island University, Washington College, Skidmore College, and Muhlenberg College in Pennsylvania.  

A Q&A discussion will follow the event moderated by Margaret O'Mara, Associate Professor of History at the University of Washington.

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