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Bordewich, Fergus M.
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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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America's great deba...
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America's great debate : Henry Clay, Stephen A. Douglas, and the compromise that preserved the Union / Fergus M. Bordewich.
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Bordewich, Fergus M.
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2012.
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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http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1114/2011029547-b.html
Electronic Resource
http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1116/2011029547-d.html
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9781439124604 (hc) :
1439124604 (hc)
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x, 480 p. : maps ; 25 cm.
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1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Contents:
"A frenzy seized my soul" -- One bold stroke -- "Order! order! order!" -- That demon question -- Ultima thule -- One of nature's nobles -- "We have another epidemic" -- The city of magnificent intentions -- Deadlock -- The godlike Daniel -- A great soul on fire -- Wounded eagle -- "Secession! peaceful secession!" -- A higher law -- A man of unbounded confidence -- "He is not dead, sir!" -- "Let the assassin fire!" -- Filibusters -- A legislative saturnalia -- A pact with the devil -- "War, open war" -- "All is paralysis" -- The wreck of the Omnibus -- A steam engine in britches -- "Break your masters' locks!" -- "It is time we should act" -- Triumphs -- A scandalous outrage.
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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.
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