HARLOW GILES UNGER


Henry Clay America’s Greatest Statesman


“[A] nimble portrayal of ‘the first true American leader’…Unger deftly packs nearly a half-century’s worth of political leadership into this slender volume.” —Publishers Weekly


I n this compelling and revealing biography


of Henry Clay, America’s most powerful Speaker of the House, who held a divided


nation together for three decades, Harlow Giles Unger tells the story of one of the most coura- geous—and


powerful—political leaders in American history.


“[A] lucid, exemplary biography.… An excellent introduction to a turbulent era.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review


“In a nation today, at least as politically partisan and violently divided over race, both Clay and this new book about him inspires.”—New York Journal of Books


“A well-researched book and…balanced biography. [Unger’s] work is sublime.”—San Francisco Book Review


ALSO BY HARLOW GILES UNGER


“MR. PRESIDENT” ISBN 978-0-306-81961-2 HC ISBN 978-0-306-82353-4 PB


JOHN MARSHALL ISBN 978-0-306-82220-9 HC


ISBN 978-0-306-82456-2 PB


HARLOW GILES UNGER is an acclaimed historian and a former Distinguished Visiting Fellow at George Washington’s Mount Vernon. He is the author of twenty-four books and lives in New York City.


HarlowGilesUnger.com


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