Henry Clay : the essential American / David S. Heidler and Jeanne T. Heidler.
Heidler, David Stephen, 1955-; Heidler, Jeanne T.
2010
E340.C6 H45 2010 (Mapit)
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Title Henry Clay : the essential American / David S. Heidler and Jeanne T. Heidler.
Author Heidler, David Stephen, 1955-
Edition 1st ed.
ISBN 9781400067268 (alk. paper)
140006726X (alk. paper)
Publication Details New York : Random House, c2010.
Language English
Description xxiv, 595 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
Call Number E340.C6 H45 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification 328.092 B
Summary 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.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author Heidler, Jeanne T.
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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".

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