Author: Clay Family AssociationPublisher:
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Languages : en
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The Clay Family Quarterly
Author: Clay Family AssociationThe Clay Family Quarterly
Author: The Clay Family
Author: Mrs. Clarence F. HandThe Family Legacy of Henry Clay
Author: Lindsey ApplePublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813134110
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Known as the Great Compromiser, Henry Clay earned his title by addressing sectional tensions over slavery and forestalling civil war in the United States. Today he is still regarded as one of the most important political figures in American history. As Speaker of the House of Representatives and secretary of state, Clay left an indelible mark on American politics at a time when the country’s solidarity was threatened by inner turmoil, and scholars have thoroughly chronicled his political achievements. However, little attention has been paid to his extensive family legacy. In The Family Legacy of Henry Clay: In the Shadow of a Kentucky Patriarch, Lindsey Apple explores the personal history of this famed American and examines the impact of his legacy on future generations of Clays. Apple’s study delves into the family’s struggles with physical and emotional problems such as depression and alcoholism. The book also analyzes the role of financial stress as the family fought to reestablish its fortune in the years after the Civil War. Apple’s extensively researched volume illuminates a little-discussed aspect of Clay’s life and heritage, and highlights the achievements and contributions of one of Kentucky’s most distinguished families.
The Clay Family
Author: Thomas M. StuartClay [family]
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Author: Lucius D. Clay
Author: Jean Edward SmithPublisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 080500999X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 881
Book Description
Soldier, statesman, logistical genius: Lucius D. Clay was one of that generation of giants who dedicated their lives to the service of this country, acting with ironclad integrity and selflessness to win a global war and secure a lasting peace. A member of the Army's elite Corps of Engineers, he was tapped by FDR in 1940 to head up a crash program of airport construction and then, in 1942, Roosevelt named him to run wartime military procurement. For three years, Clay oversaw the requirements of an eight-million-man army, setting priorities, negotiating contracts, monitoring production schedules and R & D, coordinating military Lend-Lease, disposing of surplus property-all without a breath of scandal. It was an unprecedented job performed to Clay's rigorous high standards. As Eliot Janeway wrote: "No appointment was more strategic or more fortunate."
National Genealogical Society Quarterly
Author: National Genealogical SocietyPublisher:
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Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
My Quarter Century of American Politics
Author: Champ ClarkPublisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1060
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