Henry Clay: The Essential American
The Essential American
$45.76
- Paperback
595 pages
- Release Date
15 May 2011
Summary
He was the Great Compromiser, a canny and colorful legislator whose life mirrors the story of America from its founding until the eve of the Civil War. 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 at last in this rich and sweeping biography. David S. Heidler and Jeanne T. Heidler present Clay in his early years as a precocious, witty, and optimistic Virginia farm boy who at the age of…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780812978957 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0812978951 |
| Author: | David S. Heidler, Jeanne T. Heidler |
| Publisher: | Random House Trade |
| Imprint: | Ballantine Books Inc. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 595 |
| Release Date: | 15 May 2011 |
| Weight: | 726g |
| Dimensions: | 43mm x 155mm x 234mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
”[A] splendid biography … Between Washington’s time and Lincoln’s, it is probable that no American was more influential than Clay.“–David S. Broder, The Washington Post
“A revealing portrait of Henry Clay, a man who was critical to the life of the nation in the tumultuous nineteenth century. Never president but always in the arena, Clay is a remarkable architect of the Union, and we owe the Heidlers a debt for bringing him to life in these pages.”–Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House
“Henry Clay’s unparalleled combination of skill, charisma, and energy are on display in this biography.”–James M. McPherson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era
“An enormously engaging picture of this man and his era.”–Heather Cox Richardson, The Washington Post “It is a measure of the Heidlers’ success that they rescue Harry of the West from his own legend… . [They] write with one voice and contagious enthusiasm.”–Richard Norton Smith, The National Interest
About The Author
David S. Heidler
DAVID S. HEIDLER is an award-winning historian on the faculty of Colorado State University, Pueblo. He is co-author with Jeanne T. Heidler of Encyclopedia of the American Civil War: A Political, Social, and Military History; Encyclopedia of the Mexican-American War; Encyclopedia of the War of 1812; Manifest Destiny; The War of 1812; and Old Hickory’s War: Andrew Jackson and the Quest for Empire. Dr. Heidler is also co-editor with Jeanne T. Heidler of the series Daily Lives of Civilians during Wartime and American Soldiers’ Lives.
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