num_pages: 818
description: "Great biography leaves an indelible view of the subject. After Remini's masterful portrait, Clay is unforgettable." ―Donald B. Cole, Newsday Among the nineteenth-century Americans, few commanded the reverence and respect accorded to Henry Clay of Kentucky. As orator and as Speaker of the House for longer than any man in the century, he wielded great power, a compelling presence in Congress who helped preserve the Union in the antebellum period. Remini portrays both the statesman and the private man, a man whose family life was painfully torn and who burned with ambition for the office he could not reach, the presidency.
language: English
title: Henry Clay: Statesman for the Union
titlecomplete: Henry Clay: Statesman for the Union
characters: Martin Van Buren, John C. Calhoun, Daniel Webster, John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, Andrew Jackson, James K. Polk
genres: History, American History, Politics, Biography, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 198
awards: awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Society of Midland Authors Award
category: Biography
publisher: W. W. Norton & Company