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At the edge of the precipice : Henry Clay and the compromise that saved the Union
Title
At the edge of the precipice : Henry Clay and the compromise that saved the Union / Robert V. Remini.
ISBN
9780465012886 (alk. paper)
0465012884 (alk. paper)
Published
New York : Basic Books, c2010.
Physical Description
1 online resource
Summary
"At the Edge of the Precipice" is historian Robert V. Remini's fascinating recounting of the Compromise of 1850, a titanic act of political will that only a skillful statesman like Clay could broker. Although the Compromise would collapse ten years later, plunging the nation into civil war, Clay's victory in 1850 ultimately saved the Union by giving the North an extra decade to industrialize and prepare.
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Internet Archive collection.
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 07, 2020
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Compromise in the nation's early history
The crisis and the return of the Great Pacificator
A possible solution
The great triumvirate weighs in
Disaster
Douglass to the rescue.
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