Where Was the Room Where It Happened?: The Unofficial Hamilton

Where Was the Room Where It Happened?: The Unofficial Hamilton - An American Musical Location Guide

A collection of facts, anecdotes and trivia related to the Broadway show Hamilton: An American Musical and the life of Alexander Hamilton, presented through the locations where it all happened. This guide to the locations where events from Hamilton occurred explains how these sites are connected to the show and its songs and gives historical information about what happened at the sites. And if you are in New York or New Jersey, this guide will help you visit these locations, with suggested itineraries, maps and subway directions.

A great gift for any fan of the Broadway show Hamilton or its songs, or anyone interested in Alexander Hamilton or Revolutionary-era history, regardless of whether they ever intend to visit New York.

The primary focus of this book is New York City and the immediate vicinity, and for each New York City location in the book (and some of the New Jersey locations), the reader is given which songs occurred at the site, an address, map and subway directions for getting to the site, opening hours (where relevant), a description of which historical figures from the show were ever at the site, and a brief history of the site (with a focus on historical information related to characters from the show). It also includes information on other Alexander Hamilton related locations in the city (that have no relation to the show).

For example, the book explains that the song Right Hand Man includes references to events that occurred at each of the Battery, Richmond Hill and Morris-Jumel Mansion, and it includes images of these locations (which may be historical images for sites that no longer exist), a map and subway directions for visiting these sites. In addition, it explains that not only did Richmond Hill serve as George Washington's temporary headquarters (and was the site where Washington first met Aaron Burr), but also that Richmond Hill was the residence of John Adams during his vice-presidency and later was the residence of Aaron Burr, before ultimately being razed and having a portion of the estate become a New York City historical district.

While the focus is New York City, the book also includes information on sites in New Jersey related to the show (including Weehawken, NJ, where the famous Hamilton-Burr duel occurred), including information on how to travel to these sites. The book also includes sites outside of New York City and New Jersey to explain the connection with the songs from Hamilton but without information about visiting the sites.

Finally, the book includes several suggested itineraries to help the reader plan their travels, depending upon how much time they have and/or what their particular interests are.

The book includes photographs and other images and includes a hyperlinked table of contents and hyperlinks to the websites of several of the locations included in the book to make the information easier to use and to make this book a useful reference guide for someone wanting to travel to the sites or wanting to learn more about the history around Hamilton - An American Musical. This book should be useful both to out-of-town tourists visiting New York City and residents of the city, who may not be familiar with how the show ties into particular locations (or with locations outside of the city).
Country USA
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2016-07-14
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2016-07-14
Format	Kindle eBook

Where Was the Room Where It Happened?: The Unofficial Hamilton - An American Musical Location Guide

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