Henry Clay
Subtitle: the essential American
By: David S. Heidler and Jeanne T. Heidler
Contributors: Heidler, Jeanne T.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 595
ISBN-13: 9781400067268
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [497]-567) and index.
Table of contents: title: The slashes; title: "My hopes were more than realized"; title: "Puppyism"; title: The hawk and the gambler; title: Uncompromising compromiser; title: "I injured both him and myself"; title: A thousand cuts; title: Losing the bank, saving the Union; title: Whig; title: "I had rather be right than be president"; title: Three campaigns; title: Four letters; title: "Death, ruthless death"; title: The last gamble; title: "What prodigies arise"; title: "The best & almost only true friend".