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Author Remini, Robert Vincent, 1921-2013.

Title Daniel Webster : the man and his time / Robert V. Remini.

Imprint New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c1997.

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 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  973.5 W392Br 1997    ---  Available
Description 796 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [765]-772) and index.
Summary In this monumental new biography, Robert V. Remini gives us a full life of Webster from his birth, early schooling, and rapid rise as a lawyer and politician in New Hampshire to his equally successful career in Massachusetts where he moved in 1816. Remini treats both the man and his time as they tangle in issues such as westward expansion, growth of democracy, market revolution, slavery and abolitionism, the National Bank, and tariff issues. Webster's famous speeches are fully discussed as are his relations with the other two of the "great triumvirate", Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun. Throughout, Remini pays close attention to Webster's personal life - perhaps more than Webster would have liked - his relationships with family and friends, and his murky financial dealings with men of wealth and influence.
Subject Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1815-1861.
Legislators -- United States -- Biography.
United States. Congress. Senate -- Biography.
ISBN 0393045528
9780393045529
Standard No. UKM b9824588
NLGGC 169269752
YDXCP 1401807
AU@ 000021710809
AU@ 000013263485
ZWZ 030974402
HEBIS 059399465
GEBAY 2832407

 
    
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