An edition of Henry Clay (2010)

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An edition of Henry Clay (2010)

Henry Clay

the essential American

1st ed.

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Speaker of the House, senator, secretary of state, five-time presidential candidate, and idol to the young Abraham Lincoln, Henry Clay is captured in full in this rich and sweeping biography that vividly portrays all the drama of his times.

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Publisher
Random House
Language
English
Pages
595

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Subjects

Politics and government, United States, United States. Congress, Legislators, Biography

People

Henry Clay (1777-1852)

Places

United States

Times

1815-1861
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Cover of: Henry Clay
Henry Clay: the essential American
2010, Random House
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Table of Contents

The slashes
"My hopes were more than realized"
"Puppyism"
The hawk and the gambler
Uncompromising compromiser
"I injured both him and myself"
A thousand cuts
Losing the bank, saving the Union
Whig
"I had rather be right than be president"
Three campaigns
Four letters
"Death, ruthless death"
The last gamble
"What prodigies arise"
"The best & almost only true friend".

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [497]-567) and index.

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
328.092, B
Library of Congress
E340.C6 H45 2010

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxiv, 595 p., [32] p. of plates :
Number of pages
595

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL24418868M
ISBN 10
140006726X
ISBN 13
9781400067268
LCCN
2009027872
OCLC/WorldCat
326531524

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL15451798W

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