MARC details
000 -LEADER |
fixed length control field |
03492nam a22004218i 4500 |
001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
control field |
2018030089 |
003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
control field |
DLC |
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
control field |
20190524125248.0 |
008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
fixed length control field |
180621s2018 nyu b 001 0ceng |
010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
LC control number |
2018030089 |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
Canceled/invalid ISBN |
9780385542548 (ebook) |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
9780385542531 (hardback) |
042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE |
Authentication code |
pcc |
043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE |
Geographic area code |
n-us--- |
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
Original cataloging agency |
DLC |
Language of cataloging |
eng |
Description conventions |
rda |
Transcribing agency |
DLC |
050 10 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
Classification number |
E338 |
Item number |
.B73 2018 |
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
Classification number |
973.5 |
Edition number |
23 |
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Personal name |
Brands, H. W., |
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
Title |
Heirs of the founders : |
Remainder of title |
the epic rivalry of Henry Clay, John Calhoun and Daniel Webster, the second generation of American giants / |
Statement of responsibility, etc. |
H. W. Brands. |
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
Edition statement |
First edition. |
263 ## - PROJECTED PUBLICATION DATE |
Projected publication date |
1811 |
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
New York, NY : |
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
Doubleday, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, |
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice |
[2018] |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
Extent |
x, 413 pages, 8 pages of plates ; |
Dimensions |
25 cm. |
336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
Content type term |
text |
Content type code |
txt |
Source |
rdacontent |
337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
Media type term |
unmediated |
Media type code |
n |
Source |
rdamedia |
338 ## - CARRIER TYPE |
Carrier type term |
volume |
Carrier type code |
nc |
Source |
rdacarrier |
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
Summary, etc. |
"From New York Times bestselling historian H. W. Brands comes the riveting 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. Above all, they sought to remedy the two glaring flaws in the Constitution: its fudge on where authority ultimately rested, with the states or the nation; and its unwillingness to address the essential incompatibility of republicanism and slavery. They 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 three great men of America" had one last chance to save the country from the real risk of civil war. But by then they were never further apart. Thrillingly and authoritatively, H. W. Brands narrates the little-known drama of the dangerous early years of our democracy"-- |
Assigning source |
Provided by publisher. |
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
Formatted contents note |
Prologue: January 1850 -- The spirit of '76 -- To build a nation -- The people's government -- Next to our liberty -- Temptations of empire -- The fatal compromise. |
588 ## - SOURCE OF DESCRIPTION NOTE |
Source of description note |
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. |
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
Geographic name |
United States |
General subdivision |
Politics and government |
Chronological subdivision |
1801-1815. |
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
Geographic name |
United States |
General subdivision |
Politics and government |
Chronological subdivision |
1815-1861. |
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Personal name |
Calhoun, John C. |
Fuller form of name |
(John Caldwell), |
Dates associated with a name |
1782-1850. |
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Personal name |
Clay, Henry, |
Dates associated with a name |
1777-1852. |
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Personal name |
Webster, Daniel, |
Dates associated with a name |
1782-1852. |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Statesmen |
Geographic subdivision |
United States |
Form subdivision |
Biography. |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Constitutional history |
Geographic subdivision |
United States. |