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

Name: At the Edge of the Precipice Henry Clay and the Compromise That Saved the Union
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ISBN: 9780465012886

ISBN-10: 0465012884

ISBN-13: 9780465012886

Edition: 2010

Authors: Robert V. Remini

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In 1850, America hovered on the brink of disunion. Tensions between slave-holders and abolitionists mounted, as the debate over slavery grew rancorous. An influx of new territory prompted Northern politicians to demand that new states remain free; in response, Southerners baldly threatened to secede from the Union. Only Henry Clay could keep the nation together.At the Edge of the Precipiceis 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…

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List price: $24.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 5/11/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 200
Size: 5.75" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Robert V. Remini, professor emeritus of history & the humanities at the University of Illinois at Chicago, won the National Book Award for his three-volume biography of Andrew Jackson. He is the author of numerous books on American history, including "The Battle of New Orleans" & biographies of Henry Clay & Daniel Webster.



Preface



Compromise in the Nation's Early History



The Crisis and the Return of the Great Pacificator



A Possible Solution



The Great Triumvirate Weights In



Disaster



Douglas to the Rescue


Epilogue Aftermath


Notes


Index