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At the edge of the precipice : Henry Clay and the compromise that saved the Union / Robert V. Remini.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Remini, Robert V. (Robert Vincent), 1921-2013.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Compromise of 1850.
- Slavery--United States--History--19th century.
- Slavery.
- United States--Politics and government--1815-1861.
- United States.
- United States--Politics and government--Philosophy.
- Clay, Henry, 1777-1852.
- Clay, Henry.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (201 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Basic Books, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A National Book Award-winning historian narrates Henry Clay's heroic brokering of a bipartisan compromise that saved the nation
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface; 1 Compromise in the Nation's Early History; 2 The Crisis and the Return of the Great Pacificator; 3 A Possible Solution; 4 The Great Triumvirate Weighs In; 5 Disaster; 6 Douglas to the Rescue; Epilogue; Notes; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-74439-9
- 9786612744396
- 0-465-02166-2
- OCLC:
- 630538045
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