TY - BOOK AU - Heidler,David Stephen AU - Heidler,Jeanne T. AU - Clay,Henry TI - Henry Clay: the essential American SN - 140006726X AV - E340.C6 U1 - 328.092B 22 PY - 2010/// CY - New York, NY PB - Random House KW - Clay, Henry KW - United States KW - Congress KW - Biography KW - Politics and government KW - 1815-1861 KW - Biografie KW - gnd-content N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [497]-567) and index; The slashes -- "My hopes were more than realized" -- "Puppyism" -- The hawk and the gambler -- Uncompromising compromiser -- "I injured both him and myself" -- A thousand cuts -- Losing the bank, saving the Union -- Whig -- "I had rather be right than be president" -- Three campaigns -- Four letters -- "Death, ruthless death" -- The last gamble -- "What prodigies arise" -- "The best & almost only true friend"; Includes bibliographical references and index UR - http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=020412444&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA ER -