Full name: Daniel Webster: The Man and His Time

Author: Robert V. Remini Year: 1978 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Biographies, History Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780393045529 0393045528

In almost every respect, Daniel Webster was larger than life, an intellectual colossus, a statesman of the first rank, and a man of towering and finally unfulfilled ambition. In this new biography, Webster is seen as a major player in American politics in the era between the War of 1812 and the beginning of the Civil War, involved with every significant issue confronting the new nation. Webster had no equal as an orator, then or since. Whether in the Senate, before the Supreme Court, or on the political stump, he was a golden-tongued spellbinder, often holding audiences in thrall for hours. In his lifelong defense of the Constitution, and as a constant upholder of the Union, Webster won love and respect. He was often referred to as "the Godlike Daniel". But he was also referred to as "Black Dan" because of his questionable dealings with men of wealth and power, his political conniving, his habitual nonpayment of debts, and perhaps even his somewhat roving eye. Similar books: Henry Clay by Robert V. Remini James Madison by Ralph Ketcham Acheson by James Chace Whittaker Chambers by Sam Tanenhaus Clarence Darrow by John A. Farrell Kissinger by Marvin L. Kalb Lone Star Rising by Robert Dallek Jefferson the Virginian by Dumas Malone Henry Clay by David S. Heidler John Winthrop by Francis J. Bremer Alexander Hamilton by Richard Brookhiser Thomas Jefferson by Willard Sterne Randall Eleanor: The Years Alone by Joseph P. Lash John Jay by Walter Stahr Fallen Founder by Nancy Isenberg The Boys In The Boat by Daniel James Brown Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard First Light by Geoffrey Wellum The Children of Henry VIII by Alison Weir Rebel Yell by S. C. Gwynne