Overview :For forty years, until his death in 1852, Daniel Webster played a dominant national role as a lawyer, orator, congressman, senator, secretar... Read More
Overview :John C. Calhoun was a rare figure in American history: a lifelong politician who was also a profound political philosopher. Vice president u... Read More
Overview :EXCERPT: "The half century between the War of 1812 and the Civil War was above all an age of expansiveness in America. Whether measured in t... Read More