Henry Clay? Or Abraham Lincoln?

[RJNorton]

Henry Clay had a great deal of influence on Mary Lincoln, didn't he?

Indeed, Laurie. There are several references to this in The Mary Lincoln Enigma. The two were neighbors when she was growing up.

Here are a couple of very fine books that will introduce peope to Henry Clay and to why Lincoln considered him the "beau ideal of a statesman."

Merrill Peterson's THE GREAT TRIUMVIRATE
Ferguis Bordewich's AMERICA'S GREAT DEBATE

Joe

Another good one from Merrill Peterson is Lincoln in American Memory. A "must have" IMO.