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Author:

McGinty, Brian, author.

Title:

Lincoln's greatest case : the river, the bridge, and the making of America / Brian McGinty.

Publisher:

Liveright Publishing Corporation,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

pages cm

Subject:

Hurd, John--(Steamboat owner)
Lincoln, Abraham,--1809-1865.
Effie Afton (Steamboat)
Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad Company (1948- )
Trials--Chicago.--Chicago.
Shipwrecks--Law and legislation--United States.
Railroad bridges--United States.
Liability for railroad accidents--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary:

The untold story of how one sensational trial propelled a self-taught lawyer and a future president into the national spotlight.

ISBN:

0871407841
9780871407849

LCCN:

2014036938

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USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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