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Lincoln's ladder to the presidency

Fraker, Guy C., 1938-

Lincoln's ladder to the presidency the eighth judicial circuit / [electronic resource] : Guy C. Fraker ; with a foreword by Michael Burlingame. - Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2012. - 1 online resource (p. cm.) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A new country -- As happy as he could be -- Purely and entirely a case lawyer -- Sangamon, Tazewell, Woodford -- Mclean, Livingston, Logan, Dewitt -- Piatt, Champagne, Vermilion -- Edgar, Shelby, Moultrie, Macon, Christian, Menard, Mason -- The 1840s and the early 1850s -- The awakenment -- The repeal ... aroused me again -- The tall sucker and the little giant -- A little sketch -- No stone unturned -- We saw him no more.

9780809332021


Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Career in law.


Illinois. Circuit Court (8th Circuit) --History--19th century.


Law--History--Illinois--Downstate Illinois--19th century.


Electronic books.

KF368.L52 / F73 2012

340.092