Ron Chernow, author portrait
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Ron Chernow

Ron Chernow is the prizewinning author of seven previous books and the recipient of the 2015 National Humanities Medal. His first book, The House of Morgan, won the National Book Award, Washington: A Life won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography, and Alexander Hamilton—the inspiration for the Broadway musical—won the George Washington Book Prize. He has twice been a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and is one of only three living biographers to have won the Gold Medal for Biography of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. A past president of PEN America, Chernow has been the recipient of nine honorary doctorates.
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Tue Jun 10 | 07:00 PM
The Mark Twain House & Museum
351 FARMINGTON AVE
HARTFORD, CT 06105-6400
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Thu Jun 12 | 07:00 PM
Ridgefield Playhouse
80 E Ridge Road
Ridgefield, CT 06877
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Sun Jun 29 | 02:00 PM
MARK TWAIN MUSEUM
120 N MAIN ST
HANNIBAL, MO 63401-3537
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