The emancipationist Cassius Clay (1810-1903) has long been one of Kentucky's most controversial and misunderstood figures. This new biography examines his important, though undervalued, place in history from the anti-slavery movement to his role as Lincoln's minister to Russia during the Civil War. The author unearthed long-forgotten documents including newspaper and maagzine articles, interviews with Clay and family letters. As a result this book contains much information found in no other biography and many long-standing myths are debunked. In addition to Clay's life story, the book contains a room-by-room tour of his impressive mansion White Hall, several informative appendices and a collection of ghost stories concerning Clay's home, making it ideal for both history buffs and the public at large.
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Keven McQueen is an instructor in the Department of English at Eastern Kentucky University. He worked several seasons as a tour guide at Cassius Clay's mansion, White Hall. McQueen is currently working on several books and is planning to build a Utopian city shaped like a papaya.
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Thoroughly researched, brilliantly written, and interesting beyond all belief, this stupendous work by the multi-talented artist/author Keven McQueen is certainly worth your time. Take a peek and be pleasantly surprised that history is so attention-grabbing.
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An excellent portrait of Mr. Clay, refreshingly written with honesty and excitement while avoiding the sensationalism of previous renditions of Mr. Clay's life.
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He was one of the few Southern emancipationists in the years preceding the Civil War. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
warming kitchen, unpublished photo, family items, history room, newer section Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
White Hall, Mary Jane, Cassius Clay, Green Clay, Madison County, Blue Room, Cassius Marcellus Clay, United States, New York Journal, Cyrus Turner, Dora Richardson, Ghost Walk, Launey Clay, Laura Clay, Riley Brock, Abraham Lincoln, Mexican War, Berea College, David Smiley, Emancipation Proclamation, Fayette County, Kentucky River, Louisville Courier-Journal, One of Clay, Brutus Clay New!
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Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
He was one of the few Southern emancipationists in the years preceding the Civil War. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
warming kitchen, unpublished photo, family items, history room, newer section Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
White Hall, Mary Jane, Cassius Clay, Green Clay, Madison County, Blue Room, Cassius Marcellus Clay, United States, New York Journal, Cyrus Turner, Dora Richardson, Ghost Walk, Launey Clay, Laura Clay, Riley Brock, Abraham Lincoln, Mexican War, Berea College, David Smiley, Emancipation Proclamation, Fayette County, Kentucky River, Louisville Courier-Journal, One of Clay, Brutus Clay New!
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Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Cassius Marcellus Clay: Firebrand of Freedom by H. Edward Richardson on 4 pages
- Abraham Lincoln (The Great Americans Series) by Jean F. Blashfield on page 23, page 26, and Back Matter
- A History of Kentucky by Thomas Dionysius Clark on page 16, and Back Matter
- West Virginia (Portrait of America) by Kathleen Thompson in Back Matter
- The United States (First Reports: Countries) by Robin Santos Doak on page 61
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