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Author Remini, Robert V. (Robert Vincent), 1921-2013.

Title At the edge of the precipice : Henry Clay and the compromise that saved the Union / Robert V. Remini.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Basic Books, [2010]
©2010

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  973.5 R28    Check Shelf
 Granby, F.H. Cossitt Branch - Adult  973.5 REM    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  973.5 R28    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  973.63 REMINI    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  973.5 RE    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xiii, 184 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-173) and index.
Contents Compromise in the nation's early history -- The crisis and the return of the Great Pacificator -- A possible solution -- The Great Triumvirate weighs in -- Disaster -- Douglas to the rescue -- Aftermath.
Summary "At the Edge of the Precipice" is 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 Union by giving the North an extra decade to industrialize and prepare.
Subject Clay, Henry, 1777-1852.
Compromise of 1850.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1815-1861.
United States -- Politics and government -- Philosophy.
Slavery -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
ISBN 9780465012886 alkaline paper $24.00
0465012884 alkaline paper
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