Henry Clay: The Essential American
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Sep 14, 2010
from 06:00 PM to 07:00 PM |
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| Where | Filson Historical Society |
| Contact Name | GlyptusAnn Grider Jones |
| Contact Phone | 502-852-8811 |
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The McConnell Center, in association with The Filson Historical Society, Ohio Valley Educational Cooperative and the Kentucky Council for the Social Studies, invites you to an evening of discussion with David and Jeanne Heidler, authors ofHenry Clay: The Essential American.The Heidlers will discuss their new and comprehensive biography about one of Kentucky's most eminent citizens and politicians Sept. 14, 6 p.m., at the Filson Historical Society (map).
The authors will be available for a book signing following the event.
"There has not been a major biography of Henry Clay in recent year," said Gary Gregg, director of the McConnell Center. "The Heidlers have remedied that and reintroduced Clay into the popular imagination, where he should always be as long as the Union perseveres."
The Heidlers are the authors of several books on early American history, includingDaily Lives of Civilians in Wartime Modern America: From the Indian Wars to the Vietnam WarandThe Mexican War.
Born in 1777 in Virginia, Henry Clay accomplished many extraordinary things, including founding the Whig party, running for president five times, and becoming a Speaker of the House, U.S. Senator and U.S. Secretary of State. Clay involved himself in almost every important political event between 1800-1850, including the War of 1812, the extension of slavery into the territories, the Missouri Compromise, Latin-American independence, the creation of the two-party system, the Nullification crisis, the Mexican-American War and the Compromise of 1850.
There is no cost for this event, though reservations are suggested. You may reserve your seatonlineor by calling The Filson at (502) 635-5083.