At the Edge of the Precipice: Henry Clay and the Compromise That Saved the Union - Rilegato

Remini, Robert V.

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ISBN 10: 0465012884 ISBN 13: 9780465012886

Casa editrice: Basic Books, 2010

Riassunto

The author of the National Book Award-winning biography The Life of Andrew Jackson recounts the Compromise of 1850, a titanic act of political will that only a skillful statesman like Henry Clay could broker. By a winner of the Spur Award for western nonfiction.

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Recensione:

Library Journal
“Award-winning historian Remini...draws on his immense knowledge of antebellum American politics and sectionalism to give an informed and lively recounting of the (in)famous Compromise of 1850.... Remini’s great strength is making sense of the many and various personal and political interests entangled in the slavery issue and in showing how the ‘great men’ like Henry Clay tried to manage sectional reconciliation and their own ambitions.”

Publisher’s Weekly
“Remini ably dissects a dangerous moment in the nation’s history and the remarkable but flawed man who ushered the nation through it.”
Booklist
“Condensed with well-dramatized brevity, Remini’s account will captivate the American-history audience.”
Shelf Awareness
“Robert Remini paints a vivid portrait of Henry Clay in this tightly focused analysis of a critical moment in United States history.... A finely detailed examination of the art of compromise in politics as well as a splendid testimonial to Henry Clay’s inestimable value in our nation’s history.”

L'autore:

Robert V. Remini, historian of the U.S. House of Representatives, has been teaching and writing about American history for more than half a century. He has written more than twenty books, including the definitive three volume biography The Life of Andrew Jackson, which won the National Book Award (1984). His other books include biographies of Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, John Quincy Adams, and Joseph Smith. His Andrew Jackson and His Indian Wars won the Spur Award for best western nonfiction from the Western Writers of America. He lives in Wilmette, Illinois.

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• Editore: Basic Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0465012884
• ISBN 13: 9780465012886
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 184