{"title":"Mary Anne Hamilton","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor over 50 years, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMary Anne Hamilton\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e heard,” Your life sounds amazing. You should write a book.” She’d been an unwed mother as a junior high student, a rape survivor who gave away her baby at 15, and a young bride and mother at 17. A few years later, she was a 31-year-old cocktail waitress and soon-to-be-divorced mother of five when she was swept off her feet by Laurens Morgan Hamilton, great-great-grandson of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton and grandson of global financier, J. P. Morgan. They married in 1966 but she knew little about Hamilton’s legacy until she saw Broadway’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHamilton\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e musical 50 years later. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHelena Reynolds\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e has been writing her immigrant family stories for nearly 50 years. After numerous book rejections, she sold a few stories as articles and spent the next 45 years as an assistant teacher, ministry administrator, program coordinator, and wannabe writer. Rand Scholet, founder of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Alexander Hamilton Awareness Society\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, was a mutual friend who suggested Mary Anne and Helena, both unpublished writers, work on Mary Anne’s ‘memoir plus’ book together. Also included are 90 little-known facts describing Hamilton’s American contributions and QR Codes to additional online resources. The first edition of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDestined to Be a Hamilton\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was released in August 2023. In early 2024, the eBook was ranked as a #1 Amazon Bestseller in two categories, and a #1 Amazon Hot New Release in five categories. Not bad for beginners. This expanded edition, republished by Sunbury Press, also includes Discussion Questions and an Epilogue.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"destined-to-be-a-hamilton","title":"Destined to Be a Hamilton","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow does a 31-year-old cocktail waitress and soon-to-be-divorced mother of five get swept off her feet by a 65-year-old heir to Founding Father Alexander Hamilton and global financier J. P. Morgan?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs an orphaned teenager, Hamilton wrote, “I mean to prepare the way for futurity.”  Now, 250 years later, we see that this self-proclaimed prophecy was fulfilled\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethrough skill, persistence, and determination\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHamilton helped George Washington and others build the foundation for the United States of America and ensured its sustainability.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThanks to coauthors Mary Anne Hamilton and Helena Reynolds, this story reveals new insights. After Laurens Morgan Hamilton met waitress Mary Anne Clark in 1965, he returned the next day—her day off—and declared to her coworkers and patrons\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e “I’m going to marry that girl.” When she discovered his brash announcement, she was appalled. But he was determined.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDuring their unlikely marriage (1966 until he died in 1978\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e),\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Mary Anne observed Laurens’ fervent wish to revive\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehis great-great-grandfather’s legacy. Fifty years later, after seeing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHamilton \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eon Broadway, Mary Anne finally\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eunderstood the depth of her late husband’s passion. She tried to fulfill it in 2016, learning and traveling as a Hamilton advocate at 82. When COVID struck, she started writing her stories to share her research.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFar from a typical memoir, this book includes 90 Hamilton facts, over 70 images, and numerous QR codes, enabling readers to view online clips. Our goal: “To educate and unite our nation in a way that would make Alexander Hamilton proud.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eby \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.sunburypress.com\/collections\/mary-anne-hamilton\"\u003eMary Anne Hamilton \u0026amp; Helena Reynolds\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePage Count: 200\u003cbr\u003eTrim Size: 6 x 9 (color pictures)\u003cbr\u003ePublish Date: July 28, 2026\u003cbr\u003eImprint: Sunbury Press\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Memoir\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAutobiography \/ History \/ Romance\u003cbr\u003eMemoirs \/ History \/ American Revolution\u003cbr\u003eHistory \/ Intergenerational Romance\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mary Anne Hamilton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44785902288989,"sku":"9798888193631","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0294\/8484\/3101\/files\/DTBAH_fc.jpg?v=1784939284"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0294\/8484\/3101\/collections\/Helena_and_Mary_Anne.jpg?v=1784939892","url":"https:\/\/www.sunburypress.com\/collections\/mary-anne-hamilton.oembed","provider":"Sunbury Press Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}