Enormously powerful, intensely ambitious, the very personifications of their respective regions--Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, and John C. Calhoun were widely seen as the foremost statesmen of their age. Now Merrill D. Peterson, one of our most gifted historians, brilliantly recreates the lives and times of these great men in this monumental collective biography. At once a sweeping narrative and a penetrating study of congressional leadership, this book offers an indelible picture of the era--a conservative age in which ...
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Enormously powerful, intensely ambitious, the very personifications of their respective regions--Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, and John C. Calhoun were widely seen as the foremost statesmen of their age. Now Merrill D. Peterson, one of our most gifted historians, brilliantly recreates the lives and times of these great men in this monumental collective biography. At once a sweeping narrative and a penetrating study of congressional leadership, this book offers an indelible picture of the era--a conservative age in which statesmen saw their principal mission as preserving the legacy of free government received from the Founding Fathers.
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Good in good dust jacket. Ex-library. Ex-library (college) with usual markings. Minimal usage. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 592 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade.
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Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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Very Good. Size: 6x1x9; Hardcover and dust jacket. Price clipped. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Some toning. Pages unmarked. This is a joint biography of Daniel Webster, Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun, the most prominent of the second generation of American statesmen, from 1812 until 1850.
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New in New dust jacket. 0195038770. This specific hardback book is in new condition with a hard board cover that has sharp edges and corners and has a tight binding. The pages are clean, crisp, unmarked and uncreased. The dust jacket is in fine condition with barely detectable wear if any. We package all books in custom cardboard book boxes for shipment and ship daily with tracking numbers.; "Peterson brings to life the great events in which the Triumvirate figured so prominently: the debates on Clay's American System, the Missouri Compromise, the Webster-Hayne debate, the Bank War, the Webster-Ashburton Treaty, the annexation of Texas, the Compromise of 1850. At once a sweeping narrative and a penetrating study of non-presidential leadership, this book offers an indelible picture of the era--a conservative age in which statesmen saw their principal mission as preserving the legacy of free government received from the Founding Fathers. And, as Peterson shows us in fascinating detail, Webster, Clay, and Calhoun were the prime exemplars of three facets of this national mind."; 9.7 X 6.7 X 1.8 inches; 592 pages.
