Format:
Large Print, Book
Author:
Brands, H. W., author.
Title:
Heirs of the founders [text (large print)] : the epic rivalry of Henry Clay, John Calhoun and Daniel Webster, the second generation of American giants / H.W. Brands.
Edition:
Large print edition.
Publisher, Date:
[New York] : Random House Large Print, [2018]
©2018
Description:
x, 680 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 24 cm
large print
Summary:
The Pulitzer Prize-nominated historian and author of The General vs. the President chronicles the efforts of three second-generation political giants who at the beginning of the 19th century battled to complete the unfinished initiatives of the Founding Fathers.
Subjects:
Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850.
Clay, Henry, 1777-1852.
Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852.
Statesmen -- United States -- Biography.
Constitutional history -- United States.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1801-1815.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1815-1861.
Genre:
Large print books.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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:
9781984833624 (large print : paperback)
1984833626 (large print : paperback)
Other Number:
1048899165
System Availability:
2
Current Holds:
0
Control Number:
3655915
Call Number:
973.5
Course Reserves:
0
# System items in:
1
Medium:
[text (large print)]