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DarlingtonDARLINGTON.—“Alexander Hamilton’s Pioneer Son” is the title of a forthcoming book from the press of an eastern publisher. The author is a Darlington writer. Sylvan J. Muldoon, The volume is historical and biographical, dealing with the life and times of William Stephen Hamilton, fifth son of the great American statesman Alexander Hamilton and depicts his life ia New York, Missouri, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, and California.A resident of Darlington 27 years, Mr. Muldoon has become known in the realm of psychic science for his writings. His book, ‘'The Projection of the Astral Body,” which appeared in 1929 has passed through four editions and has been transited into three foreignlanguages., Starts With DuelIn “Alexander Hamilton's pioneer Son ” the author begins his story at the time when Hamilton fell in his duel with Aaron Burr and vividly pictures the son. Billy Hamilton’s life as adventurer, cadet, duellist, surveyor, frontiersman politician, miner, trader, and Indian’ fighter until his death in the midst of the cholera panic in Californiain 1850. ' ,The book deals, with adventures ofthe early days and of Hamilton’s work in the making of the Badger state. William Stephen Hamilton was a Wisconsin pioneer 20 years prior to the California gold rush, was founder of Mus-coda and Wiota and president of the convention which first met to fonn theterritory of Wisconsin.“When we consider the avidity,” said Mr Muldoon, with which every detail in the family life of the Hamiltons has been perused it appears as a curious fact, indeed that many have harbored £? erroneous ^pinion .that William Stephen Hamilton was a good-tor-notn-“While it is ■ true that young Hamilton was somewhat of a runagate-I dare sav no one ever lead a more ro-. mantle life than he—a llfe eqpal to aLthe subtle imaginings of ,a fiction. writer ” .. • • L ... * - •YCI
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Madison Capital Times
Madison, Wisconsin, US
Fri, Aug 29, 1930
Page 20
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Ruth A.
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