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Henry Clay
Author | : Harlow Giles Unger |
Publisher | : Da Capo Press |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 2015-09-29 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0306823926 |
In a critical and little-known chapter of early American history, author Harlow Giles Unger tells how a fearless young Kentucky lawyer threw open the doors of Congress during the nation's formative years and prevented dissolution of the infant American republic. The only freshman congressman ever elected Speaker of the House, Henry Clay brought an arsenal of rhetorical weapons to subdue feuding members of the House of Representatives and established the Speaker as the most powerful elected official after the President. During fifty years in public service-as congressman, senator, secretary of state, and four-time presidential candidate-Clay constantly battled to save the Union, summoning uncanny negotiating skills to force bitter foes from North and South to compromise on slavery and forego secession. His famous "Missouri Compromise" and four other compromises thwarted civil war "by a power and influence," Lincoln said, "which belonged to no other statesman of his age and times." Explosive, revealing, and richly illustrated, Henry Clay is the story of one of the most courageous-and powerful-political leaders in American History.
Henry Clay
Author | : Robert Vincent Remini |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 884 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780393310887 |
"Great biography leaves an indelible view of the subject. After Remini's masterful portrait, Clay is unforgettable." --Donald B. Cole, Newsday
The Family Legacy of Henry Clay
Author | : Lindsey Apple |
Publisher | : University Press of Kentucky |
Total Pages | : 364 |
Release | : 2011-09-16 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0813134110 |
Known as the Great Compromiser, Henry Clay earned his title by addressing sectional tensions over slavery and forestalling civil war in the United States. Today he is still regarded as one of the most important political figures in American history. As Speaker of the House of Representatives and secretary of state, Clay left an indelible mark on American politics at a time when the country’s solidarity was threatened by inner turmoil, and scholars have thoroughly chronicled his political achievements. However, little attention has been paid to his extensive family legacy. In The Family Legacy of Henry Clay: In the Shadow of a Kentucky Patriarch, Lindsey Apple explores the personal history of this famed American and examines the impact of his legacy on future generations of Clays. Apple’s study delves into the family’s struggles with physical and emotional problems such as depression and alcoholism. The book also analyzes the role of financial stress as the family fought to reestablish its fortune in the years after the Civil War. Apple’s extensively researched volume illuminates a little-discussed aspect of Clay’s life and heritage, and highlights the achievements and contributions of one of Kentucky’s most distinguished families.
The Life and Times of Henry Clay
Author | : Samuel Mosheim Smucker |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 462 |
Release | : 1860 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : |
The Life and Speeches of Henry Clay
Author | : Henry Clay |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 612 |
Release | : 1843 |
Genre | : Clay, Henry, 1777-1852 |
ISBN | : |
The Life and Speeches of Henry Clay
Author | : Henry Clay |
Publisher | : Philadelphia : Leary, Getz |
Total Pages | : 552 |
Release | : 1860 |
Genre | : United States |
ISBN | : |