Henry Clay and the Art of American Politics
by:
Clement Eaton (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780673393357 (0673393356)
Publish date: 1989-12-12
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers
Pages no: 209
Edition language: English
Series: Library of American Biography
Though the antebellum era in American history is sometimes called the "Age of Jackson," a strong case could be made that the dominant political figure of the era wasn't Andrew Jackson but his longtime opponent Henry Clay. In a political career that stretched over the first half of the 19th century, ...