
Henry Clay
Statesman for the Union
Robert V. Remini(Author)
WW Norton & Co (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 23. March 1994
Book
Paperback/Softback
882 pages
978-0-393-31088-7 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
"[A] powerful, long overdue biography. . . . A lucid, dramatic revelation of a forgotten giant of American history." -- Brian Richard Boyland - Los Angeles TimesMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 52 mm
Weight
1404 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-393-31088-7 (9780393310887)
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Person
Robert V. Remini is professor of history and research professor of humanities at the University of Illinois in Chicago.