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Henry Clay - America's Greatest Statesman (Paperback)
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Henry Clay - America's Greatest Statesman (Paperback)
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Loot Price R564
Discovery Miles 5 640
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In a critical and little-known chapter of early American history, a
fearless young Kentucky lawyer threw open the doors of Congress
during the nation's formative years and prevented dissolution of
the infant American republic. The only freshman congressman ever
elected Speaker of the House, Henry Clay brought an arsenal of
rhetorical weapons to subdue feuding members of the House of
Representatives and established the Speaker as the most powerful
elected official after the President. During fifty years in public
service-as congressman, senator, secretary of state, and four-time
presidential candidate-Clay constantly battled to save the Union,
summoning uncanny negotiating skills to force bitter foes from
North and South to compromise on slavery and forego secession. His
famous "Missouri Compromise" and four other compromises thwarted
civil war "by a power and influence," Lincoln said, "which belonged
to no other statesman of his age and times." Explosive, revealing,
and richly illustrated, Henry Clay is the story of one of the most
courageous -and powerful - political leaders in American history.
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