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featuring a large cast of unforgettable characters with fierce beliefs” (Publishers Weekly, starred Review). When gold was discovered in California in the great Gold Rush of 1849, the population swelled, and settlers petitioned for admission to the Union. But the US Senate was precariously balanced with fifteen free states and fifteen slave states. Up to then states had been admitted in pairs, one free and one slave, to preserve that tenuous balance in the Senate. Would California be free or slave? So began a paralyzing crisis in American government, and the longest debate in Senate history. Fergus Bordewich tells the epic story of the Compromise of 1850, bringing to life two generations of senators who dominated the great debate. Luminaries such as John Calhoun, Daniel Webster, and Henry Clayーwho tried unsuccessfully to cobble together a compromiseーwere nearing the end of their long careers. Rising stars such as Jefferson Davis, William Seward, and Stephen Douglasーwho ultimately succeeded where Clay failedーwould shape the country’s politics as slavery gradually fractured the nation. In America’s Great Debate Fergus Bordewich takes us back to a time when partisans on each side reached across the aisle to preserve the Union from tragedy. “Lively. . . . Bordewich . . . is a good writerーhe knows when to savor details.” ーThe New York Times Book Review “Stimulating . . . richly informed.” ーThe Wall Street Journal “Original in concept, stylish in execution . . . .the
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