Henry Clay : from "war hawk" to the "Great Compromiser"
Title:
Henry Clay : from "war hawk" to the "Great Compromiser"
Author:
Tibbitts, Alison.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow Publishers, [2003]
©2003
Physical Description:
128 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Summary:
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.
Language:
English
Contents:
Henry Clay's burden -- The early years -- Beginning a political career -- Negotiations in Europe -- After the war -- Speaker of the House -- The Clays at Ashland -- Washington politics -- A nation at war -- The Great Compromiser -- Remembering Henry Clay.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader AR UG 7.8 3.0 70848.
Corporate Subject:
ISBN:
9780766019805
Format :
Book
