Fergus M. Bordewich

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About The Author

Fergus M. Bordewich is the author of several books, among them America’s Great Debate: Henry Clay, Stephen A. Douglas, and the Compromise That Preserved the Union, which won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in history. His articles have appeared in many magazines and newspapers. He lives in San Francisco. Visit him at FergusBordewich.com.

Books by Fergus M. Bordewich

The First Congress

How James Madison, George Washington, and a Group of Extraordinary Men Invented the Government

By Fergus M. Bordewich
This “fascinating” (Chicago Tribune), “lively” (The New York Times) history tells how the First Congress and the Washington administration created one of the most productive and far-reaching governments in American history—“gracefully written…and well worth reading” (The Wall ...
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    America's Great Debate

    Henry Clay, Stephen A. Douglas, and the Compromise That Preserved the Union

    By Fergus M. Bordewich
    The “stimulating, richly informed” (The Wall Street Journal) story behind the Compromise of 1850, which preserved the Union on the eve of the Civil War—“original in concept, stylish in execution…provides everything history readers want.…The characters seem as vivid, human, and understan...
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