Ron Chernow

Historian Ron Chernow Cracks Jokes at White House Correspondents’ Dinner

In choosing a scholar over a satirist, the Correspondents’ Association had sought to solemnize a dinner known for its comedic puncturing of the Washington bubble. 

Ron Chernow’s Biography of US Grant is caught up in the fight over Confederate statues

by Albert R. Hunt

In the Wall Street Journal Al Hunt says the book shows why Virginia should fret a statue to Grant.

Review of Ron Chernow’s "Grant"

by John Reeves

Chernow has now provided us with a compelling explanation of why Grant was indeed the first soldier of the Civil War, though there’s always the matter of the sacrifice of all those lives lost in battle.

Ron Chernow says Hamilton was one of the most modern founding fathers

Hamilton’s vision for America won out over Jefferson’s.

Ron Chernow was shocked that Lin-Manuel Miranda wanted to turn his biography of Hamilton into a play

Chernow admits he was a little taken aback the first time he attended a rehearsal — the cast was made up almost exclusively of people of color. But he soon decided the casting was “a stroke of genius,” he said.