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

by H.W. Brands

Book Overview

From New York Times bestselling historian H. W. Brands comes 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 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385542534
• ISBN13: 9780385542531
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Doubleday Books
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.4" x 9.3"