America's great debate : Henry Clay, Stephen A. Douglas, and the compromise that preserved the Union /

America's great debate : Henry Clay, Stephen A. Douglas, and the compromise that preserved the Union /

The spellbinding story behind the longest debate in U.S. Senate history, the Compromise of 1850, which brought together Senate luminaries on the eve of the Civil War in a desperate effort to save the Union.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bordewich, Fergus M.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster, [2012]
Edition:1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Subjects:
Clay, Henry, > 1777-1852.
Douglas, Stephen A. > (Stephen Arnold), > 1813-1861.
Compromise of 1850.
Slavery > United States > History > 19th century.
United States > Politics and government > 1815-1861.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Causes.
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Call Number: E423 .B73 2012
 
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