{"product_id":"heirs-of-the-founders-henry-clay-john-calhoun-and-daniel-webster-the-second-generation-of-american-giants-paperback","title":"Heirs of the Founders: Henry Clay, John Calhoun and Daniel Webster, the Second Generation of American Giants - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eH. W. Brands\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, bestselling historian, and author of \u003ci\u003eOur First Civil War\u003c\/i\u003e comes \"a historical spellbinder\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e) about a trio of political giants in nineteenth-century America--and their battle to complete the unfinished work of the Founding Fathers and decide the future of our democracy.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTogether 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 republicanism and slavery. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThey 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrillingly and authoritatively, H. W. Brands narrates an epic American rivalry and the little-known drama of the dangerous early years of our democracy.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eH. W. BRANDS holds the Jack S. Blanton Sr. Chair in History at the University of Texas at Austin. He has written more than a dozen biographies and histories, two of which, \u003ci\u003eThe First American\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTraitor to His Class\u003c\/i\u003e, were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize. His most recent book, \u003ci\u003eThe General vs. the President\u003c\/i\u003e, was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756575686944,"sku":"9780525433903","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/675c1c28ad370aa70fd8f8cb742dc66f.webp?v=1780081210","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/heirs-of-the-founders-henry-clay-john-calhoun-and-daniel-webster-the-second-generation-of-american-giants-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}