Heirs of the Founders: The Epic Rivalry of Henry Clay, John Calhoun and Daniel Webster, the Second Generation of American Giants [FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]

Brands, H.W.

Verlag: Doubleday, New York, 2018

Beschreibung

As new condition black boards with gold spine lettering contained in an as new condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes List of Other Books by H.W. Brands; Prologue; Acknowledgments; Sources; Notes; Index and About the Author. Illustrated with a section of black-and-white photographic plates. A small remainder dot at the lower page edge. "They were called "The Great Triumvirate" -- three senators whose rivalries, alliances and work in the tumultuous battles of the nineteenth century profoundly influenced the course of Amereican history. H.W. Brands tells the story of Clay, Calhoun and Webster with verve and clarity, reminding us of a bygone age when giants truly walked the floor of the United States Senate." -- Jon Meacham, author. "H.W. Brands has brought us a searching and excellent account of three legendary Americans whose leadership and rivalries did so much to shape the period of our history between that of the Founders and the Civil War. Heirs of the Founders should remind those of our own time how important Clay, Calhoun and Webster are to the nation we live in today." -- Michael Beschloss, author. "H.W. Brands, with his characteristic combination of sweep and eye for detail, tells the story -- always exciting, often inspiring, ultimately tragic -- of the titans who tried to guide the handiwork of the Founding Fathers through the turbulent first half of the nineteenth century. He weaves a cautionary tale for our own time of troubles." - Richard Brookhiser, author. ". the riveting story of how, in nineteenth-century America, a new set of political giants battled to complete the unfinished work of the founding fathers and to decide the future of our democracy. In the early 1800s, three young men strode onto the national stage, elected to Congress at a moment when the Founding Fathers were beginning to retire to their farms. Daniel Webster of Massachusetts, a champion orator known for his eloquence, spoke for the North and its business class. Henry Clay of Kentucky, as dashing as he was ambitious, embidied the hopes of the rising West. South Carolina's John Calhoun, with piercing eyes and an even more piercing intellect, defended the South and slavery. Together these heirs of Washington, Jefferson and Adams took the country to war, battled one another for the presidency and set themselves the task of finishing the work the Founders had left undone. Their rise was marked by dramatic duels, fierce debates, scandal and political betrayal. Yet each in his own way sought to remedy the two glaring flaws in the Constitution: its refusal to specify where authority ultimately rested, with the states or the nation, and its unwillingness to address the essential incompatibility of slavery. They wrestled with these issues for four decades, arguing bitterly and hammering out political compromises that held the Union together, but only just. Then, in 1850, when California moved to join the Union as a free state, "the immortal trio" had one last chance to save the country from the real risk of civil war. But, by that point, they had never been further apart. Thrillingly and authoritatively, H.W. Brands narrates an epic American rivalry and the little-known drama of the dangerous early years of our democracy." -- from the inner front and rear jacket flap.

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Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Heirs of the Founders: The Epic Rivalry of Henry Clay, John Calhoun and Daniel Webster, the Second Generation of American Giants [FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]
• Verlag: Doubleday, New York
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
• Sprache: Englisch
• Einband: Hardcover
• Auflage: 1st Edition
• Druck: 1st Printing
• Zustand: As New
• Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New