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Heirs of the Founders

Henry Clay, John Calhoun and Daniel Webster, the Second Generation of American Giants

Heirs of the Founders( )
Author: Brands, H. W.
ISBN:978-0-525-43390-3
Publication Date:Oct 2019
Publisher:Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Imprint:Knopf
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $45.00
Book Description:

From thetwo-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, bestselling historian, andauthor of Our First Civil War comes "a historical spellbinder" (The Christian Science Monitor) 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. In the early 1800s, three young men strode onto the national stage, elected to Congress at a moment when the Founding...
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Book Details
Pages:432
Detailed Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Historical
Biography & Autobiography / Political
Political Science / Constitutions
History / United States / 19Th Century
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):15.5 x 23.1 x 2.2 cm
Book Weight:0.554 Kilograms
Author Biography
Brands, H. W. (Author)
H.W. Brands was born Henry William Brands in Oregon. He graduated from Stanford University in 1975 with a B.A. in history, and from Jesuit High School in Portland, Oregon. He went on to earn his graduate degree in mathematics and history in Oregon and Texas. He taught at Vanderbilt University and Texas A&M University before he joined the faculty at the University of Texas at Austin. He acquired the title of Dickson Allen Anderson Centennial Professor of History at the U of Texas. He specializes in American History and politics, with books including Traitor to His Class, Andrew Jackson, The Age of Gold, the First American, and TR. Several of his books have been best sellers, including one recently published, The General vs. the President. Two of them - Traitor to His Class and The First American were finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. He lectures often on historical and current events and he can be seen and heard on national television and radio programs.

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