02840cam a2200481 i 4500 508312162 TxAuBib 20181220120000.0 180611s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2018010542 9780385542531 trade 0385542534 trade LBSOR/DLC eng rda LBSOR ICrlF TxAuBib rda Brands, H. W. Heirs of the founders : the epic rivalry of Henry Clay, John Calhoun and Daniel Webster, the second generation of American giants / H.W. Brands. First edition. New York : Doubleday, [2018] x, 413 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-393) and index. Library Journal Starred, November 2018. Publisher's Weekly, September 2018. Booklist, October 2018. Kirkus Review, August 2018. Library Journal Starred. Publisher's Weekly. Booklist. "The . . . 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"--Provided by publisher. Adult Follett Library Resources. Adult. 20181220. 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. United States Politics and government. Brands, H. W., New York, NY : Doubleday, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, [2018] Heirs of the founders.