John Niven Historical Biographies & Memoirs

In the first full-scale biography of Calhoun in almost fifty years, John Niven presents a new interpretation of this... more

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  John C. Calhoun and the Price of Union: A Biography (Southern Biography)

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  • Posted:Aug-30-2009

  • A Radical Sectionalist
  • John Calhoun was one of the most accomplished politicians of his time. For forty years he served the Nation as Senator, Secretary of War, Secretary of State and twice as Vice President. He entered...
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  • Posted:Oct-19-2000

  • Scarlett O'Hara's Favorite Senator
  • In his opening remarks John Niven makes the promise that he would not undertake psychoanalysis of John C.Calhoun, Much to his credit, he is true to his word. What Niven has delivered is an...
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  • Posted:Jul-29-1999

  • Not well versed in matters Calhounian.
  • Prof. Niven's book fails on a number of counts, but mainly on that of familiarity with the sources of Calhoun's political thought. For example, in describing Calhoun's indebtedness to the Virginia...
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