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001 2009027872
003 DLC
005 20100722132217.0
008 090706s2010 nyuacf b 001 0beng
010 $a 2009027872
020 $a9781400067268 (hc. : acid-free paper)
020 $a140006726X
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn326531524
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050 00 $aE340.C6$bH45 2010
082 00 $a328.092$aB$222
100 1 $aHeidler, David Stephen,$d1955-
245 10 $aHenry Clay :$bthe essential American /$cDavid S. Heidler and Jeanne T. Heidler.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bRandom House,$cc2010.
300 $axxiv, 595 p., [32] p. of plates :$bill., ports. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [497]-567) and index.
520 $aSpeaker 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.
505 0 $aThe 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".
600 10 $aClay, Henry,$d1777-1852.
650 0 $aLegislators$zUnited States$vBiography.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bCongress$vBiography.
651 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1815-1861.
700 1 $aHeidler, Jeanne T.