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4/19/2020

An Interview with Fergus Bordewich, Author of “Congress at War”

by James Thornton Harris

My work on Congress during the Compromise of 1850 showed me how much wonderful untapped and dramatic material there was to be found in the battles fought on the floor of Congress.

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An Interview with Fergus Bordewich, Author of “Congress at War”

by James Thornton Harris