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He lived a life of such excitement, color and violence that it would require a separate website to tell it all in full. I worked as a tour guide at Clay’s mansion, White Hall, from 1995 to 2001. While there, I heard many interesting stories about him from descendants, many of which had never been in print; also, while doing research on other things I kept finding long-lost news items about and interviews with Clay, many of which complemented or contradicted material in extant books about him. I decided to write a new biography of Clay utilizing all of this new information, and the result was my first book.

            In addition to strictly biographical material, the book includes information on the construction of White Hall, a room-by-room tour of the house, White Hall ghost stories, rare letters by and about Clay, and a section or two deconstructing myths and misinformation about Clay. Plus lots of photos, some never in print before!

            Note to Cassius Clay fans: since the publication of the book, I have found even more new information about him, which will be appearing in some short articles written for the Madison County Historical Society’s newsletter.