The Cornerstone
Hardcover
1955 · New York
by Oldenbourg, Zoe and translated by Edward Hyams
New York: Pantheon. Very Good in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1955. Hardcover. A Very Good edition that has some general wear including page edge soiling and a starting spine hinge in a dust-jacket in Very Good+ condition that is somewhat shelfworn ; EMPIRES: How the West Was LostIn 1776, the American colonies declared their independence from Great Britain. For the next few decades, America would become a model democracy, propelled by its industrious, land-hungry settlers. But in the early 1800s, America's Golden Age, the country began to falter.The Cornerstone tells the story of how America lost its way, one misstep at a time. The first sign of trouble was the Mexican-American War, which cost America vast amounts of money and territory. The second was the Panic of 1837, which destroyed the country's stock market.Then came the Civil War, which was not just a fight between the North and the South, but between the ideal of democracy and the reality of slavery. The Cornerstone also tells the story of the women of America, from Lucy Stone to Susan B. Anthony.In the end, it was the arrival of the railroad that doomed; 8vo; 482 pages . (Inventory #: 124351)