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Author McGinty, Brian, author.

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

Publication Info. New York, NY : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2015]
©2015

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 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  346.7303 MCGINTY    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  346.7303 MCGINTY    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  346.7303 MCG    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  346.7303 McGINTY    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  346.7303 MCG    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  346.7303 M13    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  345.73 MCGINTY    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  346.7303 MCG    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  346.7303 MCGINTY    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  346.730322 MC    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 259 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-247) and index.
Contents A great highway of nature -- No other improvement -- His peculiar ambition -- The first bridge over the first river -- A collision of interests -- The suit is filed -- Preparing the ground -- A very serious obstruction -- A chorus of protests -- The bridge itself on the stand -- A virtual triumph -- The bridge stands -- The great and durable question -- History's verdict.
Summary The untold story of how one sensational trial propelled a self-taught lawyer and a future president into the national spotlight.
Subject Hurd, John (Steamboat owner)
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Effie Afton (Steamboat)
Chicago and Rock Island Railroad Company.
Trials -- Illinois -- Chicago.
Shipwrecks -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Railroad bridges -- United States.
Liability for railroad accidents -- United States.
Indexed Term Ship accidents
ISBN 9780871407849 (hardcover) $26.95
0871407841 (hardcover)
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