>> he took a beating, but it was not serious. >> how many years later was the duel with john randolph>> almost 20. >> what was that over? >> randolph, in the united states senate, referred to the so-called corrupt bargain in which clay had thrown his support to adams in the election of 1824, and adams had then appointed clay secretary of state. the jackson people accused both of them of corruption. whatever arrangement they made, there was certainly nothing illegal about what either one of them did. in the senate, in 1826, randolph alluded to the whole incident, but then referred to clay as a "blackleg," which was slang for card cheat, or just a cheater. when clay heard about that, he challenged randolph. this was going too far. he challenged, and randolph accepted. >> was anybody wounded? >> no one was wounded. in the first fire that was exchanged, no one was hit. they asked for a second round. clay aimed very carefully and hit randolph in the billowing coat he was wearing. randolph then aimed his gun in the air and said, "i do not fire at you, mr. clay." >> is there a book in there