Contents

 

Introduction

1. Henry Clay, Part One: American Hero

2. Henry Clay, Part Two: Champion of the Union

3. Art and Architecture: Where Artists Found a Home

4. Politics, Stump Speaking, and How the West Was Won

5. Half Horse and Half Alligator: War of 1812

6. Steamboats, Entertainment, Journalism, and Culture

7. Religion and Women: Toward a More Compassionate Home Life

8. Mexican War: Honor Reconfirmed

9. Surgery, Medical Botany, and Science: 1800–1825

10. Calomel, Cholera, and Science: 1825–1865

11. The Experience of Slavery

12. The Politics of Slavery

13. Civil War, Part One: Fighting Spirit, Divided Families, and the Confederate War of Proclamations

14. Civil War, Part Two: Union War of Pacification

15. Civil War, Part Three: Lincoln's War on Slavery

Epilogue

Acknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Index

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