Like so many others, I have not yet been able to score tickets to Broadway’s hottest number, “Hamilton.”

But that’s no problem, as I am happily immersed in reading the superb biography that inspired the musical and caused all the clamor for the tickets. Author Ron Chernow’s New York Times best-selling book is a marvel in many ways. For anyone even remotely interested in the inside story of the drafting of our Constitution, the formation of our political parties, and the greatness and foibles of our iconic early leaders, the book is a home run.