Henry Clay
Subtitle: from "War Hawk" to the "Great Compromiser"
By: Alison Davis Tibbitts.
Series: Historical American biographies
Publisher: Enslow Publishers
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Berkeley Heights, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
Subjects: Clay, Henry, 1777-1852 -- Juvenile literature.; Clay, Henry, 1777-1852.; United States. Congress. Senate -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Legislators -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Statesmen.; Legislators.; United States -- Politics and government -- 1815-1861 -- Juvenile literature.; United States -- Politics and government -- 1815-1861.
Genres: Juvenile literature.; Biography
Description: A biography of the American statesman best remembered for his initiation and support of political compromise to keep the Union together during the first half of the nineteenth century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 126) and index.
Table of contents: title: Henry Clay's burden; title: The early years; title: Beginning a political career; title: Negotiations in Europe; title: After the war; title: Speaker of the House; title: The Clays at Ashland; title: Washington politics; title: A nation at war; title: The Great Compromiser; title: Remembering Henry Clay.