America First: 100 Stories from Our Own History

Leif the Lucky, the swamp march to Vincennes, the Pony Express — a hundred true adventure stories from American history, told the way children begged to hear them in 1920.

Henry Clay

2 pages in this part of America First.

Henry Clay

This is the story of a poor boy, who, through his own energy and ability, rose to a position of power and usefulness. There are many such…

Henry Clay: Kentucky

When Clay was twenty-one, he moved to Kentucky and began to practice law. He was successful from the start, and had many clients. It was…

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