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02646aam a2200373 i 4500 001 E51FACDAEAE411E387729F9EDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20140603010131 008 130926s2014 ncu b 001 0beng 010 $a 2013039323 020 $a 0786478756 (softcover : alk. paper) 020 $a 9780786478750 (softcover : alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)859061603 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d BDX $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d UKMGB $d OCLCO $d CDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a E340.C6 $b K56 2014 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23 100 1 $a King, Quentin Scott, $d 1924- 245 10 $a Henry Clay and the War of 1812 / $c Quentin Scott King. 264 1 $a Jefferson, North Carolina : $b McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, $c 2014. 300 $a vii, 460 pages ; $c 26 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-452) and index. 505 0 $a Youth -- Kentucky lawyer -- Kentucky legislator -- In defense of a vice president -- Apprenticeship for high office -- Burr trial/British impressment -- Restless politician -- The western star -- Mr. Speaker -- Irresolution and intrigue -- Embargo -- Politics and diplomacy -- Coercion charge -- Declaration of war -- War in the west -- Battle action and election -- Political reaction -- War effort adrift -- Remember the River Raisin -- Diplomacy renewed -- The disastrous spring of 1813 -- The congressional summer -- In the eye of a hurricane -- Resignation -- In transit to Europe -- Idling at Gottenburg -- Gathering of the commissioners -- Sine qua non -- Rupture -- Negotiating to negotiate -- Washington under attack -- Washington ablaze -- British policy is delay -- Wellington inserts himself -- Treaty of Ghent -- Post-war contentions -- Battle for New Orleans -- Last days in Europe. 520 $a "Any biography of Henry Clay's 46 year political career quickly becomes entangled with his monumental, though youthful, political leadership of the War Hawks in urging the Madison Administration to arm the United States for war with Great Britain. There has been no detailed treatment of his major role in this early American war until this present work"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Clay, Henry, $d 1777-1852. 610 20 $a United States. $b House $b House $x Speakers $v Biography. 610 10 $a United States. $b Congress $v Biography. 651 0 $a United States $x History $y War of 1812 $v Biography. 650 0 $a Legislators $z United States $v Biography. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191217015008.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826091148.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E51FACDAEAE411E387729F9EDAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search