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An honest calling : the law practice of Abraham Lincoln / Mark E. Steiner.

Title
An honest calling : the law practice of Abraham Lincoln / Mark E. Steiner.
Author
Steiner, Mark E.
Publication
DeKalb : Northern Illinois University Press, c2006.

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x, 272 p. : port.; 24 cm.
Summary
Presents a comprehensive appraisal of the law practice of Abraham Lincoln drawn from documentation of over 5,600 of his cases throughout Illinois.
Subject
  • Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 > Career in law
  • Lawyers > Illinois > Biography
  • Presidents > United States > Biography
Genre/Form
Biographies
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-256) and indexes.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Lawyer Lincoln in American memory -- The education of a Whig lawyer -- A Whig in the courthouse -- Law on the prairie -- In the matter of Jane, a woman of color -- Working for the railroad -- A changing legal landscape.
ISBN
  • 087580358X (clothbound : alk. paper)
  • 9780875803586
LCCN
^^2006001575
OCLC
  • 63692550
  • SCSB-10218721
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library