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Cassius Marcellus Clay: Firebrand of Freedom

By H. Edward Richardson

Book information

Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky
Year
2014
ISBN
9780813188362, 0813108616, 9780813108612
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
836 kB (855659 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2022-11-03 23:30:41
Biography & Autobiography; History; Nonfiction; BI

Description

The most colorful member of Kentucky's most illustrious family, Cassius Marcellus Clay is a legendary figure in the Bluegrass. This lively biography records both the traditions surrounding Clay and the historical facts of his life, which are themselves the stuff of legend. Although Clay was a dedicated emancipationist, his real interest lay in broad issues of human freedom. The story of Clay's True American, his service in the Mexican War, his accomplishments as Lincoln's minister to Russia, and his active post-Civil War political life are all told against the background of the climactic events of a lifetime that spanned almost a century of American history.

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