000338707 000__ 01789cam\a2200337\a\4500 000338707 001__ 338707 000338707 005__ 20210513123207.0 000338707 008__ 090706s2010\\\\nyuacf\\\b\\\\001\0beng\\ 000338707 010__ $$a 2009027872 000338707 020__ $$a9781400067268 (alk. paper) 000338707 020__ $$a140006726X (alk. paper) 000338707 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn326531524 000338707 035__ $$a338707 000338707 040__ $$aDLC$$cDLC$$dBTCTA$$dYDXCP$$dMOF$$dUPZ$$dJAI$$dC#P$$dBWX$$dSGB$$dCDX$$dKSL$$dVP@$$dISE 000338707 043__ $$an-us--- 000338707 049__ $$aISEA 000338707 05000 $$aE340.C6$$bH45 2010 000338707 08200 $$a328.092$$aB$$222 000338707 1001_ $$aHeidler, David Stephen,$$d1955- 000338707 24510 $$aHenry Clay :$$bthe essential American /$$cDavid S. Heidler and Jeanne T. Heidler. 000338707 250__ $$a1st ed. 000338707 260__ $$aNew York :$$bRandom House,$$cc2010. 000338707 300__ $$axxiv, 595 p., [32] p. of plates :$$bill., ports. ;$$c25 cm. 000338707 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000338707 5050_ $$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". 000338707 520__ $$aSpeaker of the House, senator, secretary of state, five-time presidential candidate, and idol to the young Abraham Lincoln, Henry Clay is captured in full in this rich and sweeping biography that vividly portrays all the drama of his times. 000338707 60010 $$aClay, Henry,$$d1777-1852. 000338707 61010 $$aUnited States.$$bCongress$$vBiography. 000338707 650_0 $$aLegislators$$zUnited States$$vBiography. 000338707 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xPolitics and government$$y1815-1861. 000338707 7001_ $$aHeidler, Jeanne T. 000338707 85200 $$bgen$$hE340.C6$$iH45$$i2010 000338707 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:338707$$pGLOBAL_SET 000338707 980__ $$aBIB 000338707 980__ $$aBOOK