The Resource Heirs of the founders : the epic rivalry of Henry Clay, John Calhoun and Daniel Webster, the second generation of American giants, H.W. Brands
Heirs of the founders : the epic rivalry of Henry Clay, John Calhoun and Daniel Webster, the second generation of American giants, H.W. Brands
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- Summary
- "From New York Times bestselling historian H.W. Brands comes the riveting story of how America's second generation of political giants--Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, and John Calhoun--battled to complete the unfinished work of the Founding Fathers and decide the shape of our democracy. In the early days of the nineteenth century, 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, embodied 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 this second generation of American founders took the country to war, battled one another for the presidency, and tasked themselves with finishing the work the Founders had left undone. Above all, they sought to remedy the two glaring flaws in the Constitution: its fudge on where authority ultimately rested, with the states or the nation; and its unwillingness to address the essential incompatibility of republicanism and 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 three great men of America" had one last chance to save the country from the real risk of civil war. But by then they were never further apart. Thrillingly and authoritatively, H.W. Brands narrates the little-known drama of the dangerous early years of our democracy"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- x, 413 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates
- Contents
-
- Prologue: January 1850
- The spirit of '76
- To build a nation
- The people's government
- Next to our liberty
- Temptations of empire
- The fatal compromise
- Isbn
- 9780385542531
- Label
- Heirs of the founders : the epic rivalry of Henry Clay, John Calhoun and Daniel Webster, the second generation of American giants
- Title
- Heirs of the founders
- Title remainder
- the epic rivalry of Henry Clay, John Calhoun and Daniel Webster, the second generation of American giants
- Statement of responsibility
- H.W. Brands
- Subject
-
- Calhoun, John C., (John Caldwell), 1782-1850
- Calhoun, John C., (John Caldwell), 1782-1850
- Clay, Henry, 1777-1852
- Clay, Henry, 1777-1852
- Constitutional history
- Constitutional history -- United States
- Politics and government
- 1801-1861
- Statesmen -- United States -- Biography
- United States
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1801-1815
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1815-1861
- Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852
- Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852
- Statesmen
- Biography
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "From New York Times bestselling historian H.W. Brands comes the riveting story of how America's second generation of political giants--Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, and John Calhoun--battled to complete the unfinished work of the Founding Fathers and decide the shape of our democracy. In the early days of the nineteenth century, 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, embodied 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 this second generation of American founders took the country to war, battled one another for the presidency, and tasked themselves with finishing the work the Founders had left undone. Above all, they sought to remedy the two glaring flaws in the Constitution: its fudge on where authority ultimately rested, with the states or the nation; and its unwillingness to address the essential incompatibility of republicanism and 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 three great men of America" had one last chance to save the country from the real risk of civil war. But by then they were never further apart. Thrillingly and authoritatively, H.W. Brands narrates the little-known drama of the dangerous early years of our democracy"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- collective biography
- Cataloging source
- LBSOR/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Brands, H. W
- Dewey number
- 973.5
- Illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E338
- LC item number
- .B73 2018
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Calhoun, John C.
- Clay, Henry
- Webster, Daniel
- United States
- United States
- Statesmen
- Constitutional history
- Calhoun, John C.
- Clay, Henry
- Webster, Daniel
- Constitutional history
- Politics and government
- Statesmen
- United States
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Heirs of the founders : the epic rivalry of Henry Clay, John Calhoun and Daniel Webster, the second generation of American giants, H.W. Brands
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue: January 1850 -- The spirit of '76 -- To build a nation -- The people's government -- Next to our liberty -- Temptations of empire -- The fatal compromise
- Control code
- on1023859927
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- x, 413 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates
- Isbn
- 9780385542531
- Lccn
- 2018010542
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1023859927
- Label
- Heirs of the founders : the epic rivalry of Henry Clay, John Calhoun and Daniel Webster, the second generation of American giants, H.W. Brands
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue: January 1850 -- The spirit of '76 -- To build a nation -- The people's government -- Next to our liberty -- Temptations of empire -- The fatal compromise
- Control code
- on1023859927
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- x, 413 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates
- Isbn
- 9780385542531
- Lccn
- 2018010542
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1023859927
Subject
- Calhoun, John C., (John Caldwell), 1782-1850
- Calhoun, John C., (John Caldwell), 1782-1850
- Clay, Henry, 1777-1852
- Clay, Henry, 1777-1852
- Constitutional history
- Constitutional history -- United States
- Politics and government
- 1801-1861
- Statesmen -- United States -- Biography
- United States
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1801-1815
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1815-1861
- Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852
- Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852
- Statesmen
- Biography
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