Cassius Marcellus Clay: Firebrand of freedom (The Kentucky bicentennial bookshelf)

By H. Edward Richardson

Book Overview

" 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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813102057
• ISBN13: 9780813102054
• Release Date: January 1976
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 153 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7