De Witt Clinton

Résumé du livre

"De Witt Clinton's life story, here presented in its entirety for the first time, is a drama of the birth of New York State and the conflicts which attended it. Aaron Burr, and later Tammany, unable to control Clinton, fought for his undoing, and there were others who tried by fair means and foul to overthrow his predominant influence. He stood undismayed against their assaults. Distinguished Governor of New York State, outstanding Mayor of New York City, jurist and legislative leader, candidate for President, and prime progenitor of the Erie Canal, De Witt Clinton was also a master of the arts and sciences, and the unfailing friend of the people. His personal friends and admirers were the luminaries of his great day- Fulton and Astor, Morse and Emmett and Pintard; the sea heroes of 1812; Thomas Jefferson, Lafayette and Paine; and a multitude of others. Yet he is perhaps the least-known major figure in American history"--from front jacket flap.