Daniel Webster (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Robert V. Remini
- First Published: 1997
- Type of Work: Biography
- Time of Work: 1782-1852
- Setting: The United States
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Politics, Nineteenth century, Slavery or slaves, Politicians, Lawyers, Constitutional law, Speeches, Diplomacy or diplomats, Courts or courtrooms, Orators or orations
- Locales: United States
Daniel Webster adds another chapter to Robert Remini’s brilliant portrayal of America during the first half of the nineteenth century. Remini, the author of a definitive three-volume biography of Andrew Jackson, as well as a biography of Henry Clay and a study of Martin Van Buren, here continues his account of the statesmen who followed the revolutionary generation’s Founding Fathers and whose own careers ended on the eve of the Civil War. During those years, America began its transition from an agricultural to an industrial society, the so- called common man came into his...
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