Description: "This book is an annotated study of the Henry Clay-John C. Calhoun-Daniel Webster debate on the fate of the Union in 1850"-- Provided by publisher.
Brief description: Peter Charles Hoffer is Distinguished Research Professor of History at the University of Georgia. He has authored and co-authored more than twenty books, including Clio Among the Muses: Essays on History and the Humanities; The Historians' Paradox: The Study of History in Our Time; and The Clamor of Lawyers: The American Revolution and the Crisis in the Legal Profession.
Review Quotes: "Hoffer's analysis is crisp, fine, and thorough, shedding new light on impactful speeches delivered at a crossroads in American history when civil war may have been--and for a brief moment, thanks in large part to this volume's chief historical actors, was--averted."-- "Emerging Civil War"