Heirs of the Founders

Autori

• H.W. Brands

Parametri

Pagine

432pagine

Tempo di lettura

16ore

• Biografie e pensieri
• Politica
• Saggistica
• Scienze politiche & Politica
• Storia

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"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, 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 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"--Dust jacket flap.

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Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 2019

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